In the summer of remakes and sequels, here comes another one. Terminator:Salvation. Aka Terminator 4 joins the list. Terminator was originally created from the comic book series created by Marvels Comics.
The last time we saw a Terminator movie the year was 2003 and Arnold wasn’t known as the Governator yet. The First Terminator movie came out back in 1984 with Arnold as the Terminator. The next one came out in 1991 title as Terminator 2:Judgment Day (T2), once again Arnold showed up as the Terminator, where he got his famous quotes, I’ll Be Back and Hasta La Vista Baby. After that one came 2003’s Terminator 3 The Rise of the Machines (once again we got Arnold coming back,) Which you thought was going to be the last one. Then they decide to create a series called The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which is somewhat different from the movies. But wait its still not over.
After long legal battles with the rights to the franchise, McG was finally given the task to direct the newest installment. Here is the plot summary that Warner Brothers Released on May 1, 2009.
The year is 2018. Judgment Day has come and gone, leveling modern civilization. An army of Terminators roams the post-apocalyptic landscape, killing or collecting humans where they hide in the desolate cities and deserts. But small groups of survivors have organized into a Resistance, hiding in underground bunkers and striking when they can against an enemy force that vastly outnumbers them. Controlling the Terminators is the artificial intelligence network Skynet, which became self-aware 14 years earlier and, in the blink of an eye, turned on its creators, unleashing nuclear annihilation on an unsuspecting world. Only one man saw Judgment Day coming. One man, whose destiny has always been intertwined with the fate of human existence: John Connor (Christian Bale). Now the world is on the brink of the future that Connor has been warned about all his life. But something totally new has shaken his belief that humanity stands a chance of winning this war: the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger from the past whose last memory is of being on death row before awakening in this strange, new world. Connor must decide whether Marcus can be trusted. But as Skynet adapts new strategies to end the Resistance forever, Connor and Marcus must find common ground to take a stand against the onslaught—to infiltrate Skynet and meet the enemy head-on.
Just like the previous ones, the story continues from Terminator 3. If you’re wondering this is not a reboot version. If this is your first time watching it, I recommend watching the previous 3 before even watching this one. But if you want to you can still watch it, the characters are somewhat explained to you.
I for one am a fan of the franchise. So going in to watch this one I already had high expectations. I actually did like it. I was fond of Christian Bale as John Conner. Contrary to what you might recently heard about the way he is on set. He’s portrayal was first-class.
The film used Technicolor’s Oz process during post-production. This is a partial silver retention on the interpositive, similar to bleach bypass (black and white image over a color image). Giving it that post nuclear war look.
Some things here and there could’ve been changed but all in all it blended in pretty good. Just like the Previous ones this one was had Stan Winstons amazing Special Effect (recently passed away this past year), who had originally created the way the terminators looked back in the original.
I gave this one 3 ½ of 5 because I think that more could’ve have been done. Hopefully for the next one they try and take it to the next level.