Better than all the Terminator movies combined.

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2017)

Terminator Salvation along with Terminator: Rise Of The Machines, stands out due to having different plots while at the same time being relative to the franchise. Terminator Salvation is better than Rise Of The Machines due to Salvation taking itself more seriously.
Terminator Salvation focuses on war, even though there's supposed to be hardcore violent action scenes, they could have still toned that aspect down slightly, there would still be plenty of action.
The fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't in this movie shouldn't put people off from watching it, there are many film franchises that have a similar scenario, it doesn't mean the film is rubbish just because they are not in it, after all Arnold Schwarzenegger never made the Terminator movies all by himself, he wasn't the only character and the story isn't just all about him, if anything "John Connor" is a more important character than Schwarzenegger's character, that's why they were able to make this film without him.
The performances are intense as they should be, this is one harsh movie, it's gritty and it's the most serious out of all of them, if you notice all the other Terminator movies have a few funny one-liners at times.
Terminator Salvation has it's faults just like the other's do, if you want to watch a 100% great Terminator film you'd be better off watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles which has so much more to offer due to it having the chance of allowing characters to grow emotionally as well as having more action along the way.
If you want a dumb action movie, then Terminator Salvation is not the right action film for you as it has a hardcore intense plot and is in- your-face-serious.