Starring: Christian Bale, Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington, Bryce Dallas Howard
Director: McG (Charlie’s Angels, We are Marshall)
Running Time: 1 hr 55 min
Release Date: May 21, 2009
Budget: $200 million
Critics’ Thumbs Up: 43 %
“A fast-moving, rock ‘em-sock ‘em movie…” Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
“…has no brains and no soul…” Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Twenty-five years after the first Terminator comes this fourth installment that has too much action even for an action movie. Set in 2018, the adult John Connor (Bale) and a mysterious man from the past who’s part machine (Worthington) are fighting against Skynet, the artificial intelligence network of machines that destroys any remaining post-apocalyptic humans. Meanwhile Connor tries to save the teenage Kyle Reese (Star Trek’s Yelchin) who will eventually become Connor’s father. There’s a cool cameo from the original Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and strong performances from Worthington and Yelchin, but Bale – speaking with his best Batman growl – and the storyline are as stiff and simplistic as a machine.
Terminator Salvation
Starring: Christian Bale, Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington, Bryce Dallas HowardDirector: McG (Charlie’s Angels, We are Marshall)Running Time: 1 hr 55 minRelease Date: May 21, 2009Budget: $200 millionCritics’ Thumbs Up: 43 %“A fast-moving, rock ‘em-sock ‘em movie…” Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News“…has no brains and no soul…” Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.comTwenty-five years after the first Terminator comes this fourth installment that has too much action even for an action movie. Set in 2018, the adult John Connor (Bale) and a mysterious man from the past who’s part machine (Worthington) are fighting against Skynet, the artificial intelligence network of machines that destroys…
