For once I found myself hankering for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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06/12/09
Terminator Salvation (2009)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:10
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.9/10
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.
Runtime: 3 hrs 51 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Australian Theatrical Release:
Oct 28, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $125,286,889
Synopsis: In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against... [More]
Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood
Director: McG
Reviews for Terminator Salvation
Top CriticFalls mighty short against James Cameron's filmmaking proficiency and the sharp blade of fickle fanboy nostalgia
06/11/09
Top CriticIt’s exciting and propulsive, but without the required core of emotion. That might not have seemed too important to the Terminator films, but once it’s gone, you really notice.
06/05/09
Top CriticWho cares what it means? Just make it loud. This is the way the series ends, not with a whimper but a bang. Except that it will probably go on, a shade of its former glory.
06/05/09
Top CriticIt's easy to see why Bale was attracted to this role, but this often fascinating actor gives one of his least interesting performances.
06/05/09
Top CriticI think it is really the most boring performance from Christian Bale in a long time.
06/03/09
Top CriticThe ingenious plotting of the first two Terminator films, and the skill and visceral energy with which James Cameron directed them, are a thing of the past.
06/03/09
Top CriticMcG's film doesn't match James Cameron's first two, but is better than the third Jonathan Mostow-directed instalment.
06/03/09
Top CriticDirected by McG (I used to think that was the Melbourne Cricket Ground), T4 is a post apocalyptic epic with a beating heart: indeed, Sam Worthington's beating heart, which plays such a crucial role in the story.
05/27/09
Top CriticCrammed with massive action pieces, awesome visual effects and a dense plot that cleverly incorporates echoes from the previous films, director McG injects passion and energy into the film and it pays off. It also pays off for our own Sam Worthington, who
05/27/09
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06/05/09
Top CriticUnfortunately, whenever this film attempts to depict anything resembling the motivational keys of emotional storytelling -- love, revenge, anger -- it feels like McG is wishing he could be blowing stuff up.
06/05/09
Top CriticTerminator Salvation looks, sounds and tastes like a £2.50 fairground ride. There is nothing human about it. McG feeds you the sort of thrills that can be had on Clacton pier.
06/05/09
Top CriticTerminator has been smothered in quasi-religious symbolism and primary-school philosophising.
06/05/09
Top CriticWith much buzzing, beeping and whirring, the Terminator franchise comes to an absolute creative standstill, or even goes clankingly into reverse, with this fantastically dull fourth episode.
06/05/09
Top CriticTerminator Salvation is essentially a ripping sci-fi war movie that marries beautifully into the series’ overarching story.
06/01/09
Top CriticTerminator Salvation is a confused, humorless grind, with nobody, from the stars to the set designers, prepared to prick its self-importance.
05/26/09
Top CriticThe digital effects are mostly quite dazzling—not just the depictions of towering marauders...but a memorably scary sequence in which a little serpentine robot that’s been taken captive thrashes furiously to save its nonlife.
05/22/09
Top CriticThe machines are mindless, yes, but there are enough pyrotechnics and heavy artillery to feel like Armageddon squared. And when the story starts to crumble around Bale, Worthington is there to pick up the pieces.
05/20/09
Top CriticTerminator Salvation feels both comfortable with its limitations and justly proud of its accomplishments.
05/20/09
Top CriticLatest News for Terminator Salvation
December 09, 2009:
RT on DVD: The War Begins in Terminator Salvation
This week Christian Bale and Sam Worthington wage war on the machines in 'Terminator Salvation' and Henry Selick takes Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline' to marvellous stop-motion heights. More...
December 06, 2009:
McG Has Plans for Fifth and Sixth Terminator Movies 
McG held a "Terminator Salvation" chat tonight, and guess what? He's planning on making the fifth and sixth installments in the saga. More...
November 30, 2009:
RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Terminator Salvation and a Smithsonian Battle
Pickings are indeed slim this week for new releases on home video. While we have the requisite new releases, which include a couple of major pictures that opened earlier this... More...
November 02, 2009:
Terminator Franchise Headed for Auction
"Terminator Salvation" may have been a disappointment, but the franchise is still worth a lot of money -- and now that the "Terminator" rights are preparing to hit the auction... More...
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