Terminator Salvation Movie Reviews

Poor Christian Bale. If the Dark Knight overshadowed him in his last outing as Batman, then here, it is man-machine, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) who manages to walk away with more applause as compared to John Connor, the savior of the human race in this indeterminate war between man and machine. Is Wright the new Terminator who switches sides

Unique moniker-sporting movie director McG isn't really reputed for helming bleak and dramatic projects like the Terminator movies. Best known for his work on the re-imagination of Charlie's Angels (and music videos before that) his movies tend to be bright, frothy and kind of ridiculous. Terminator Salvation features only one of those three qualities and even as far as the ridiculous goes

So, one of the most successful sci-fi film franchises, The Terminator has turned 25. The downbeat news is that there are no startling or imaginative elements about the fourth edition. Director McG, who launched his career with the two Charlie’s Angels movies, once again sticks to sheer formulaic material.

It seems to be the year of sequels and remakes. After Star Wars shined in its attempt to revisit the franchise, we now have the fourth in the series of Terminator movies. Salvation starts off in 2018 when Connor (Bale) decides to infiltrate enemy camp with the help of Marcus Wright (Worthington) who's resurrected as a semi-robotic human. Most of the film is a war drama that resonates