Terminator:Salvation Movie Review

Terminator:Salvation







Director: McG

Writer(s):
John D. Brancato & Michael Ferris

Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Helena Bonham Carter



Terminator Salvation is the fourth installment to the long running "Terminator" movie series. The fourth installment brings us to the war between man and machine that was often discussed in the previous installments of this movie franchise. This time around we get to see what effects if any that the events from the previous movies have had on the outcome of the future.

The storyline has already let us know that John Connor leads the resistance in the war against the machines and that he leads the humans to victory, however with the change of the past happening during the other movies we know that this is going to have a slightly different effects on the overall outcome. Terminator:Salvation does what it can to present us with a new direction in the story line and I give it praise for this attempt. A step outside the box is usually a good choice, the only problem is that director McG has intended this continued storyline for a new trilogy so to speak and it cause this first installment to run a little dry at times.

I as a fan of the series can only hope that Salvation is merely a stepping stone to what should be a much stronger follow up movie, but I am not going to hold my breathe either. The cast do a magnificent job in this movie which includes a surprisingly astonishing performance by actor Sam Worthington. Worthington made his character become a major point of interest in the movie. Christian Bale give a strong performance as John Connor but it completely outclassed by Worthington.

Terminator:Salvation does pack a lot of punch in terms of action and excitement of course but it falls a bit thin from what I would say is a bit of a weak script considering the talent involved with this movie itself. Please when making the next installment take in to consideration what was so amazing about the first two movie and utilize it with developing what could turn out to be a masterpiece of a follow up.

I will recommend this movie to my readers while also stating to use caution as this movie is not going to astonish or amaze you, but overall I think you could get your fill of enjoyment from the movie.

My Rating:65%