TERMINATOR SALVATION IS CURRENTLY STREAMING ON HBO MAX in the U.S.Movie name : Terminator Salvation 2009 (1080p x265 q22 FS73 Joy) But dammit, there’s just something about it that works. Terminator Salvation isn’t a well-oiled machine, exactly. There is a sense that a war for humanity’s survival is being fought in the future, and it’s a war I would’ve loved to see completed with a new trilogy.Īs much as I enjoy Dark Fate, I can’t help but wonder if confusion over what the Terminator franchise “should be” that followed Salvation could have been avoided if the franchise only committed to moving forward with Salvation’s story - instead of again changing the timeline and ignoring sequels. We’d never seen a story set entirely during the war between the Resistance and Skynet. Instead, we get something closer to franchise formula that lacks the right amount of emotional payoff.Įven so, Terminator Salvation is a film truly committed to pushing its franchise forward. It’s such a ballsy twist that I wish they’d gone in that direction. One of the original endings considered would’ve seen John Connor killed and Marcus adopting synthetic flesh with Connor’s appearance, slipping into his skin to become the legendary leader established in the first two films. It’s clear that rewrites softened Salvation. As a result, all these characters’ arcs feel somewhat truncated and emotionally stunted. The film never picks a leading man, splitting its time between John Connor, Marcus, and Kyle Reese, and not enough time is spent building emotional connections between them (as was done with Sarah and Kyle, John and the Terminator, and John and Kate in the previous three films). Salvation is full of moving pieces, which allows the film to feel distinct from the previous three but also creates hindrances to understanding what’s going on. Even the third, while attempting to go bigger, maintained an easy-to-follow plot. It’s the late Yelchin who steals the show, channeling Michael Biehn to inject a contagious energy into his Kyle Reese, and into the film.Ĭameron’s Terminator films were known for their simplicity, effectively laying out the rules of time travel and establishing end-of-the-world stakes. Similarly, Worthington, who would make history later that year with Cameron’s record-breaking Avatar, doesn’t infuse Marcus with much personality, though he’s still effective in the role. Hot off the success of The Dark Knight, Bale doesn’t do a lot with John Connor, and there are only glimpses of the more interesting character Edward Furlong introduced us to, but he’s nevertheless a solid presence on screen. While it’s difficult to get invested in the Resistance characters, outside of John’s wife Kate (Bryce Dallas Howard), it is fun to see familiar genre actors like Michael Ironside, Common, and Moon Bloodgood fill out the ranks. The film doesn’t all work, but I can’t help admire that big swings were taken while making it.Ĭhristian Bale in Terminator Salvation. Credit where credit is due: McG is the only director to take the reigns of the franchise who doesn’t just attempt to mimic Cameron’s approach, instead making it his own. Special effects-wise, Terminator Salvation looks awesome, and there are a bunch of nifty new Skynet baddies to populate the action sequences. It’s a solid set-up, and McG does bring a distinct visual flair to the proceedings. To achieve this objective, Skynet uses a human-Terminator hybrid, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), who believes he’s human, to infiltrate the Resistance and kill John. Newly aware of the importance Reese holds to humanity as John’s father, Skynet launches a plan to kill Reese and Connor within the same timeline, eliminating the resistance altogether. John’s fight to save humanity is expedited when a factory raid tips him off on the schematics for the T-800, the machine he knows will ultimately travel back in time to change the course of his life - as well as those of his mother, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton, only appearing via voice), and father, Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin). Its dystopian future, where a grown-up John Connor (Christian Bale) is the leader of the human resistance against Skynet, isn’t the permanently nocturnal and aesthetically cold setting that Cameron introduced audiences to, but rather a dry desert wasteland of scorching heat and machine oil. Terminator Salvation picks up 15 years after Terminator 3’s shocking conclusion, in which Judgment Day (though delayed) still arrives.
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