Not bad, nor great

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2009)

I gotta say that going in to the movie i was skeptical about the film but hell its a terminator. The movie is for sure packed with action. The special effects stand out so much because they are far superior to any of the pseudo action movies that have been out recently. The acting in the movie is good but the movie seemed to be carried by their performances and the FX. There was something lacking though. The story was OK but something was off. I would have to say the direction seemed to be on a novice level. There were moments that could have gotten cut. One of the biggest problems i had with the movie is that this is supposed to be an R rated movie because of the subject matter. Robots killing people for the hell of it in a post apocalyptic world is not a kid friendly movie, so why try to be kid friendly. The third movie got that right at least. Some of the homages paid to the originals are cool. But i think they did over do it at times which always takes away from originality. The movie gets an A for effort but a C- for actual quality.