"I'll be KAK!"

Rating: 6/10 (16 June 2009)

I went to see this movie, not knowing quite what to expect. I am yet to see a film of Bale's that I haven't either been shocked or compelled by but this film just felt a little unfinished.
Bale was excellent not that he could do much with Connor's character having already been completely mapped out by the previous 2 films and the action sequences were amazing. The only section where the CGI seemed to stand out was when John Connor rides away on a terminator-motorbike.
The rest of the actors were fine, no complaints really and I was even surprised by the directing. Even though McG is new school, he lets the action sequences flow like the good old school directors such as Cameron and Scott with none of the horrible chopping featured in Bay's films like Transformers that annoys the hell out of me and makes it hard to see what the hell is actually happening! The big problem with this film is the story, or lack of one. The writers have written a seemingly central and very important character into this already mapped out storyline which has no mention or connection to the other films.
This whole story and idea just seemed unnecessary to me when they could have had a similar but better storyline by setting it approximately 5 years later on without the addition of these extra invented and implausible characters. They could have and should have written about the friendship between Connor and Reese and the daily struggle to survive with the story perhaps ending when Connor sends Reese back in time to become his father! Anyways, go and see it because it is worth seeing... It could have and should have been so much more though!