High on action but pathetically low on content!! It surely is "judgement day" for terminator series !!

Rating: 5/10 (28 June 2009)

Well, I am a terminator freak alright but nothing has been impressive enough since T2. The brand "terminator" is being eroded with sequels which do not come even light years closer to the T2 mania T3 was almost there in an effort to 'terminate' it but T4 surely did (the director deserves a bow for achieving that!!)
Regarding this flick, it's all action (that's at least we can expect from anything with name "terminator" as a prefix or suffix) but no content at all. Nobody knows why humans are fighting machines -the height of which is the resistance itself is not sure whether to go for an attack or not!! McG has totally disappointed with this one. Absolutely no story line – at the end of it nobody in the audience knew anything except that the war is going on and Terminator 5 will be released in due course well guys we don't require a star studded line up and Hollywood's best brains to tell us that much in 2 hours.. The entire 2 hours is being lived on reputation and legacy with nothing but "past memories" like "I'll be back" ... etc...
Where is the story for this one? Christian Bale as John Connor has disappointed (with no fault of his – he is an excellent actor and films like batman series, The Prestige, Rescue Dawn, American Psycho prove it enough) Machines take 75% of screen time – well I can play a video game if I wanted to see machines in action!! Most surprising of all is how Bale's Connor takes a back seat to the main plot of Wright's redemption (Wright is a 'machine' spy sent by sky-net to destroy human kind. LOL  even this 'cybernetic creature' would have been a better director for content!!). This is not something one would expect from a film that touts the new Batman in its lead role... Why they must keep Kyle safe and send back when judgement day has already happened to save the future!! – Nobody knows this except the great Connor (may be Kyle is sleeping with the director to "go back").
The "Arnie" touch is missing (he was may be there for 40-50 seconds but could not rescue the sinking ship) you actually laugh when Bale says 'I'll be back' (hehehe – even a dead amoeba can be more convincing than that)
"Terminator" is the reason why I believe in sci-fi action movies . MCG does not have any right to screw this legacy pronounce him a criminal with a 'red corner notice' and quickly terminate him
Action – 7/10 (you should expect this much at least from a terminator sequel with a 200 million dollar plus budget... thank god there are separate action and visual effects directors than this mule 'MCG') Content – 0/10 Average would come to 3.5/10 --- adding 1 for "terminator" brand so effective 4.5(can generously be rounded off to 5)