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The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
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Epic, unpretentious, plot-driven and relentless.
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“Is Arnold Schwarzenegger the best thing in Terminator Genisys?”
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- Gimlyon TMDB · Apr 20205/10
Some people have said that _Terminator: Genisys_ is disrespectful to its source material (first two films) but I disagree. Out of what is clearly a massive homage to _Judgement Day_, _Genisys_ gives away the entire plot and central “twist” in its promotional material months before its release, just like _Judgement Day_ did! All levity aside, _Terminator: Genisys_ is not great. They took some risks with their casting and it didn’t explode in their face which is nice, a lot of the effects were very visually impressive, and it was fun to see the weapons of the future be purple lasers again, but these aren’t things that make a good movie by themselves. When you mix them up with a plot that doesn’t completely make sense, a story that’s just plain not all that great, some hammy dialogue and a lacklustre ending, then you SPOIL YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE IN THE TRAILERS **AND** POSTERS, then you’re lucky to even be coming away with a middle of the road score like this one. At least it’s not _Rise of the Machines_. _Final rating: ★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
Read the whole review on TMDB - GenerationofSwineon TMDB · Jan 20231/10
Terminator Salvation was pretty bad, but this brings it to a whole new level. What we have hear is a reboot of the canon that no one actually asked for, that no one actually wanted, and that makes really no sense. Honestly, it's even worse than T3, which at least felt like a continuation of the series. Here everything is changed so much that, well, there is nothing left. It took the entire Terminator franchise, and re-worked it to kill all the canon, all the mythology, for no apparent reason whatsoever. And what you have left is a disheveled mess that is guaranteed to make the old fans give up and walk away because of the sheer needlessness alone.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Dr Nostromoon TMDB · Apr 20268/10
75/100 When Kyle Reese is sent back to 1984 to save Sarah Connor, he finds that everything has changed, including timelines, and he's having memories of events he never lived. This film gets a lot of flak as being confusing. I don't care ...it's a time travel story. None of them make sense, if you think about it. This one has lots of incredible action, a complex story (that you can follow if you're paying attention) and a logical conclusion. Has a good deal of humor in it, as well ...especially the constant one-upmanship contest between Kyle and the Terminator. Good fun! -- DrNostromo.com
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerGuardian / The Terminator
- Jason ClarkeJohn Connor
- Emilia ClarkeSarah Connor
- Jai CourtneyKyle Reese
- J.K. SimmonsO'Brien
- Dayo OkeniyiDanny Dyson
- Matt SmithAlex / Skynet
- Courtney B. VanceMiles Dyson
- Lee Byung-hunCop / T-1000
- Michael GladisLieutenant Matias
Crew
- Alan TaylorDirector
- Laeta KalogridisScreenplay
- Patrick LussierScreenplay
- Kramer MorgenthauDirector of Photography
- Lorne BalfeOriginal Music Composer
- Roger BartonEditor
- David EllisonProducer
- Dana GoldbergProducer
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