Not only worst of the 4 but possibly worst film i've seen this year.

Rating: 1/10 (2 July 2009)

Yep - that bad. And here's why...
1.Only average effects. Cutting-edge cgi might have made it an OK film as with Transformers. (Please don't tell me otherwise and/or get me started on Michael Bay!)
2.Not a particularly clever plot. No twists. Awful clichéd feel which seemed to remind me of lots of other films. A bit of Matrix. A taste of MadMax. Even Contact (ooh which form shall we use to talk to you) Surely a Terminator film sets its own agenda as with certainly the first 2 and probably even the 3rd.
3.Below par acting. Love Michael Ironside in the Top Gun and Starship Troopers but boy is he a one trick pony. You may say he didn't have a large part but it was symptomatic of the casting as a whole. Lazy. Mr Bale showed more passion when he flipped out in rehearsals. I get that he has the fate of the world hanging on his shoulders but you know - chill (?). No-one else stood out for me.
Overall feel for me was of a bad 80's sci-fi action flick but with slightly better effects. I was even open-minded about Charlies Angels boy directing before I'd seen it even though everybody else had written him off. Nothing personal against the guy but I hope he doesn't get to direct a big-budget actioner ever again.
I can't find one redeeming feature. I won't even watch it again when it comes out on cable for free. And that's unusual. I guess this is the final nail in the coffin for the series - shame.