Better than T3, not as good as T1 or T2

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2009)

So...first of all I want to say that this is solid piece of action movie...and just that. We have fights, bullets, screams, explosions and so on. Very good CGI effects, great sound, nice Arnold CGI but we can see his face only for about 20 seconds. Script and story is good but McG forgot about that "thing" that makes people want to see movie again and again. And I think this is character development (maybe Director's Cut will help this). Bad acting from Bale and short dialogues - that's most irritating thing. Good actor made his character look silly. Some angry all the time guy screaming at people, looking like he's gonna make a poo in a second. He was just boring or even pathetic in some scenes. Sam - very good acting, very charismatic actor. Marcus character was way better than Connor, he stole this movie from John, and it's mostly about him. Taht is this kind of character that we want to know "what's next with him?" Editing was little chaotic, but not as chaotic as in T3, that's good news, can't say it was bad, but if we see a fight between T800 and John we want to see it all in one shot! ;) Oh and last fight - masterpiece in my opinion. John and Markus vs T800, nicely done. Some people say that ending is disappointing, but for me it was great, I felt like I was watching ending of T2, action, fight, winner, and than some sad moments (Marcus death...). Total runtime from beginning to the last scene - 106 minutes. Don't know why on IMDb it's 130m (Director's Cut?). Oh, and sorry for my English.
Action movie - 8/10 Terminator movie - 6/10 Overall - 7/10