May 22 2009
Review: Terminator Salvation
Twenty-five years ago, James Cameron brought Terminator to the big screen. A movie that brought us into a world where one day the world would be overtaken by machines and mankind would have to fight for their lives before they are terminated one by one. That first movie starred Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and it was the first in the series of now four movies. Yesterday, Terminator Salvation was unleashed in theaters, and we finally are allowed to see the epic battle between mankind and machines that has been talked about for twenty-five years. If you don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.
Christian Bale takes on the role of John Connor in this one, and we see him go through fight after fight as the leader of the resistance, even though he doesn’t have that rank. Those that work alongside him see him as their leader, and that is all that matters. In this one, we see one man sell his body to Cyberdyne systems, and this man becomes the first human/robot hybrid. Something before the T-800 that comes out looking just like Arnold. Marcus’ mission unknown to him is to bring John and Kyle, John’s father as we know, to Skynet for termination. Something he ends up doing unknowingly.
We see Marcus find out what was done to him, and in the end fight against it, letting his human side rule. He helps Connor find Kyle, saving the humans that have been taken hostage by Skynet before destroying Skynet Central in San Francisco. However, this is not the end of the war. We still have two more movies to go, and this movie pretty much wiped the third installment in the series right out. The characters were all well acted, but I think the rest of the cast stole the show from John Connor. Marcus and Blair Williams were something to watch on screen. What did you think of Terminator Salvation?
