More of an ode than a sequel.

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2010)

The story of the future has finally arrived with plenty of references to the previous films, a possible attempt to make up for no returning actors. A film for the fans. John Connor suffered a recast yet again, this time with A-list actor Christian Bale. Only an actor as talented as Bale could be taken seriously as a recast. A more solemn story, but has plenty of spectacular action scenes (though nothing groundbreaking). It is what it is: not a classic, but rather just a Terminator story but it's a great story! McG was able to make this just as dark and nail biting as the first three despite a PG-13 rating.
***½ (out of four)