It took six years to make this film...just think about that.

Rating: Null/10 (20 July 2009)

Another movie lover named Confused Matthew (you may have heard of him) said something totally on point about "POTC 3: At Worlds End". He said that there was no excuse for the film makers to make such a bad sequel when they had all the time, the star power, and the resources to make it good. The same can be said for Terminator: Salvation, an unholy mess of a sequel that begs for James Cameron's help throughout every unwritten, audience insulting minute of it's run time.
Like At Worlds End, the producers, director McG and his screen writers had plenty of time, money and star power to make a tolerable film. But the difference is, they had even more money and more time (six years to be exact). That's enough time to write an entire library of scripts, and it's apparent that they struggled to scribble just one. I imagine it was written with crayons on a napkin moments before being submitted.
The plot is so absent you might as well be watching a documentary on how the film was made, that might be more entertaining. A guy gets executed in 2003, and wakes up in the apocalyptic future, where humanity battles evil robots. He wanders around wondering what the heck is going on, runs into a few resistance fighters, and then John Connor. There is the plot. I couldn't even write a spoiler if I wanted to.
The guy that walks around a lot has a big secret that some evil executive decided to put in the trailer. I guess he forgot that the whole movie is built around the twist. The lesson here future film makers is that you never build a movie around a secret.
After making it pretty clear that there is no plot, the last few minutes are spent trying to make up a plot at the last minute. Like I said before, SIX YEARS TO WRITE ONE. Being a long, plot less, unwritten movie is one thing, but treating the audience like they're stupid is another. This movie earns a spot in action movie hell.
The saving grace is the production values, the CGI robot effects, and one awesome chase scene. If only these things were in a better movie. If only the wasted 200 million dollar budget bought something useful instead of this film, like unemployment checks. Maybe a few of them should go to the producers of this disaster because they're going to need it soon.