Impressive spectacle undermined by lack of substance

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2009)

The largest let-down aspect of this film is that THERE IS NO CHARACTER. You presume your following John Connor but you don't, you are shifted between two characters yet they are barely protagonists and you cannot have a story without a protagonist, and vice versa, period.
The CGI is fantastic but not enough action involving the smaller machines - the common terminators which we love. The lack of real plot is just too hard to dismiss and the end 30 minutes are way too predictable.
I still recommend it, it was quite fun and the machines look pretty awesome (though I'm sure i saw a terminator wearing a bandanna at one point...). Its McG (what a ridiculous title) - you shouldn't be going to see this with high expectations.