As in the previous two movies, there is, along with the extreme violence and destruction, a lot of wit in the proceedings.
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06/12/09
Terminator Salvation (2009)
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Reviews Counted:244
Fresh:78
Rotten:166
Average Rating:5/10
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.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Theatrical Release:03-06-2009
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
This is the film Terminator fans have been desperate to see. There's a damn good film here.
06/12/09
This latest Terminator may well please the committed obsessive, but the rest of us are left feeling simultaneously beaten about the head and yet slightly underwhelmed.
06/05/09
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06/05/09
Top CriticA shambolic, deafening, intelligence-insulting mess, a crushing failure on almost all counts.
06/05/09
Top CriticBigger explosions, more robots but far less fun or potent than James Cameron's modern classics. Action junkies might be back for future installments, but for more discerning fans it's hasta la vista. Baby.
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 CriticIt’s a catastrophically bad movie whose aggressive dullness and dumbness can best be reproduced by picking up a brick and slamming it against one’s forehead for two hours.
06/05/09
Top CriticThe main difference between this and the earlier Terminator films is that it lacks a sense of danger.
06/05/09
It has enough pace and excitement to keep action fans switched on.
06/05/09
Salvation is clearly aimed at a younger audience than its predecessors. The carnage is surprisingly bloodless, there’s virtually no cussing and several scenes were clearly conceived with one eye on the PlayStation.
06/05/09
The Terminator story recharges with a post-apocalyptic jolt of energy. Frantic and full of welcome ties to the past, it also ploughs new ground with purpose.
06/05/09
Terminator Salvation opens on death row and proceeds agonisingly to an execution by lethal injection.
06/05/09
Better than Terminator 3:Rise Of The Machines but that’s not saying much. Adequate but disappointing.
06/05/09
It's brainless, it's soulless, and it gave me a headache.
06/05/09
A pulse-pounding visual spectacle, given its bloodline this is the very least we expect. But when things aren't blowing up, T4 sags - and sags badly.
06/05/09
This is a much more straightforward, all-gunsblazing sci-fi tale of downat-heel humanity at war with some rather nasty machines.
06/05/09
In this fourth Terminator movie, there isn't much to laugh about, even though the earlier films raised a few smiles.
06/05/09
Latest News for Terminator Salvation
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...
August 25, 2009:
Sam Worthington Talks Terminator Salvation, Avatar Teaser Reactions
Speaking from the "Clash of the Titans" set in a recent interview, Sam Worthington discussed the reaction to "Terminator Salvation" -- and the "Avatar" footage released last week. More...
August 12, 2009:
McG Talks Next Terminator Sequel
Admitting "I didn't satisfy the fanbase to the degree that I would expect to satisfy them," McG opened up to IGN about his "Terminator Salvation" experience in a recent... More...
June 14, 2009:
Box-office: Terminator Hungover
Much like McG's endless grey landscapes, it was a cold, bleak dawn at the Australian box-office this weekend for Terminator Salvation, as the sequel collapsed against the debut... More...
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