Misses the mark big time!!!

Rating: 5/10 (7 June 2009)

What made T2:Judgement Day was James Cameron giving you characters (including the cyborg) you cared about, however silly it was. In the original, you were oulling for Reese and Sarah Connor. T3: Rise of the machines knew what it was and Arnold played it for what it was worth, another enjoyable action film. Terminator Salvation is a big budget, CGI driven dark empty shell of a movie. It delivers on action, yes. The bleak atmosphere, the wasteland, the lack of hope, the lack of characters lends itself no color, no substance. We had Transformers 2 years ago and a sequel this year. The effects and action sequences were dazzling in that film. We have seen large robotic things shoot at people before. Even on this level, the film fails to wow you. Christian Bale does his best Steven Seagal with as wooden a John Connor your can get. And while the filmmakers try to give you substance with Sam Worthington, somewhere in the back of your mind you know how the story plays out and you can care less about the outcome of the film. Apart from the action sequence midway through the film for approx. 10 minutes, this film is boring. By the end, you are grateful the credits are rolling. This could have been great with Arnold (once out of office) donning the Ray-Ban's one last time with a creative script. People would have paid to see that. This film is forgettable at best. A major disappointment.