Terminator Salvation

Genre: Action/ Sci-fic

Language: English

Director: McG (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)

Cast: Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Sam Worthington (Rogue), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek)

Runtime: 116 minutes

Official Site: http://terminatorsalvation.warnerbros.com/

Plot:

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

Watched the movie on 31 May afternoon @ The Grand Cathay with Sylvia.

I must confess... This review took me almost 2 weeks to start to write. I have been putting this on hold because I wanted to read up on Terminator 1, 2 & 3 before I write. Of course, the main reason is, I really cannot remember what were the plot and story about as the movie was 1st shown when I was only 6 years old. The only thing i could remember was the all-time classic line by Mr Arnold - "I'll be back!"

Despite of not remembering the plot of the 1st three episodes, this sequel still blast me away with tons of actions, CG and explosion. This is especially so because I watched the digital format and the effects were astonishing.

Christian Bale, casted to portray John Connor, who is the main target to be hunt down by Skynet since T1 till this latest addition. As this role grew up, Christian Bale who now is the Resistance Leader to-be, possessed the calm and leadership qualities. I couldn't remember how the other John Connors were thus I wasn't able to compare but Christian Bale sure did an impressive job.

The other lead, Sam Worthington, played a ½ man ½ machine cyborg who is a new character that never ever appeared in any episode of Terminator. That makes me wonder if there really is cyborg living around or near me. Because he could have been programmed to be even forgotten that he is a cyborg, only remembering things he was programmed to remember. Good creativity for those scriptwriters!

ah-deng says: 4 / 5 1984 We had Terminator, 1991 was Judgement Day, 2003 was Rise of the Machines then 6 years later is Terminator Salvation. Will I still be alive to watch the next episode?