Terminator Salvation2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
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Critic Consensus: With storytelling as robotic as the film's iconic villains, Terminator Salvation offers plenty of great effects but lacks the heart of the original films.
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Cast
as John Connor
as Marcus Wright
as Kyle Reese
as Blair Williams
as Dr. Serena Kogan
as Kate Connor
as Star
as Barnes
as Virginia
as General Ashdown
as General Losenko
as Morrison
as David
as Lisa
as Mark
as Tunney
as General Olsen
as Captain Jericho
as Hideki
as Naima
as Barbarosa
as Warden
as Malik
as Rahul
as Hybrid Male
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Critic Reviews for Terminator Salvation
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Missing is Cameron's signature action modification, best exploited in Aliens: the strapping female heroine. McG's testosterone-juiced world feels a little doomed without her.
It brings me very little joy to report that this version of the popular Terminator franchise is silly, obtuse, and pointless.
A shambolic, deafening, intelligence-insulting mess, a crushing failure on almost all counts.
This is the worst big budget summer release I've seen in some time.
It's a fun time at the movies.
Terminator Salvation is a confused, humorless grind, with nobody, from the stars to the set designers, prepared to prick its self-importance.
Audience Reviews for Terminator Salvation
A very good addition to the series, better than the 3rd. Full of near non-stop action through out. A whole new range of terminators are on show and there are some great SFX/ action scenes. Some might not like the plot as it does differ from the first 3 where the action is pretty much one on one. This is very much a full on war. Go see it.
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This pointless sci-fi action war film doesn't add anything new to the universe of the series but is neither an embarrassment. In fact, the only thing that makes up for its sheer inconsistencies and lack of emotional resonance is Sam Worthington's complex character.
Super Reviewer
Boring, boring, and more boring. That is the one word I will always use to describe the fourth instalment in the "Terminator" franchise. "Not having Arnold back" really left this film stale, although Christian Bale and Anton Yelchin do bring enough enjoyable charisma to the table. Much further down the line after the third instalment, Judgement Day has happened and we get to see the world crumbling around them as Skynet and technology in general has taken over the planet. Throwing in one-liners that relate to the original film and having terrible cameos were pretty much the only things keeping this film connected to it's predecessor's, and that is a big problem for me. If you watch this film as a summer blockbuster you may find yourself having a blast watching the action and not caring about the story, but that is about the most credit I can give it. Since "T2: Judgement Day," these films have been going downhill very, very fast. What's next? Probably nothing good.
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Terminator Salvation Quotes
| Marcus Wright: | Why'd you do it? |
| Blair Williams: | I saw a man, not a machine. |
| John Connor: | The devil's hands have been busy. |
| Marcus Wright: | (looks at his mechanical body) Noooo!!!!! |
| Marcus Wright: | [looks at his mechanical body] Noooo! |
| John Connor: | You think you're human? |
| Marcus Wright: | I am human. |