Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (27 May 2009)

I went to see this movie with high hopes. The trailers were very enticing. Looked like it was back to the days of superb film making in action flicks. I was wrong. Not only is Terminator Salvation average it pulls the franchise down a notch or two. It starts off with a very good battle sequence. Bale as John Connor attacks a Skynet outpost. At the outpost we find a new character. Marcus who is a Terminator infiltrator with a twist. He doesn't know he is NOT human. The story goes on from there with Marcus trying to figure out where he fits in and John Connor searches for his father. The main problems with this movie are the story is just a bunch of action scenes featuring the terminators and their vehicles like they were launching a new toy line. They look like they are designed for novelty and as a f/x extravaganza than to serve the purpose of just doing their job to capture or kill humans. There is also a few sequences of John Connor fighting terminators in hand to hand combat. Which is laughable and lessens the intimidation and fear the terminator used instill in previous movies as the perfect killing machine. Overall its not real terrible but its not worth going to see unless its matinée on a rainy day. But Im sure for those who remember the standards cameron set with Terminator and T2 this certainly pales in comparison. Don't believe the hype.