A throughly entertaining action film from start to finish!

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2010)

I watched this film with low expectations. Friends of mine have commented on how bad it was and the fact that it was directed by the person behind Charlie's Angels 2, I had little to look forward to.
However I found the film to be non-stop action with a story that was not perfect but served its purpose. Christian Bale is excellent putting everything he had into the role of John Connor. Sam Worthington also gave a great performance. Its a shame though that the marketing spoils the major plot twist in the film so you already know too much if you have seen the trailers.
The action kept my attention throughout the entire film and there are a lot of action scenes. The CGI and sound effects are really impressive. It shows you how far we have come since The Terminator in terms of effects. Although there is one fight in the rain that did feel clichéd and the film could have done without it. Despite that one scene, the action was always entertaining and the final fight was great to watch without spoiling anything.
Despite a lot of interesting scenes such as early on when Christian Bale jumps into the scene from an aircraft, the film does have its flaws. Most notably Common, who is one of the better rapper-turn-actors as he has some bad dialogue and is only there to increase the amount of recognisable actors involved. I also felt that they could have done more with Michael Ironside's character. Some of the lines from the previous Terminator films are also here (i'll be back) take you out the film.
Die hard fans might not be pleased with everything that happens in the film but for everyone else this is a great action film. A vast improvement over Terminator 3 thanks to great acting, action and a good story.