Great visual effects but the story is lacking

Rating: 5/10 (17 September 2010)

Terminator Salvation is all special effects and zero depth. Yes, the action looks great but if you want all effects and no depth done well, go see a Michael Bay film. I think fans will be ashamed of it and new fans will think it's mediocre. The script was just so horrendous, along with the acting and overall pacing of the film. What's worse is the characters have absolutely no depth, leading you to feel no emotion whatsoever for what happens to them. Christian Bale's character was really annoying and not cool at all. He did that deep voice but had no depth. Also in one scene he says "Ill be back" which I thought just wasn't right. Especially the way he did it. It just should not have been in the film. I though Sam Worthington's character (Marcus Wright) was done pretty well. He could have done a better acting job but it was alright.
It honestly felt like Transformers 2 (which is not a good thing). A lot of the scenes in the film and machines had a ton of similarities to Transformers characters; that and the fact that it felt like a bad Michael Bay film. It was just action scene after action scene. The story and plot were missing. Also the dialogue felt cheesy and clichéd.