Should have been Terminated

Rating: 2/10 (17 September 2018)

Just... awful.
And, it didn't need to be. Indeed, it SHOULDN'T have been. It had real potential, with a great logical extension of prior plotlines that could have elevated the franchise further into new territory. But the entire franchise has been robbed of its soul ever since the 3rd installment. So rather than really exploring all of the many interesting questions raised by the story (as Judgement Day and even the original did so well), what we get is a cheap knockoff that tries to rely on the established lore and world its set in to carry it, but without really working to flesh out that world any further. It seeks to take, and gives nothing back.
All that's left is a hollow shell of what used to be a great story (and could have been again). Ironically, the franchise itself has taken on a life of its own and is now little more than a money-making, well, MACHINE. If you're looking for any kind of humanity, look elsewhere, because Salvation is an empty experience disguised by a cheap facade that half-heartedly attempts to evoke the story the originals.