I particularly liked the unsettling, robotic base note emitted by the Harvester and the robots. This gives the movie a whole new batch of baddies and things to run away from. You see the Frankenstein-like T-600, the Transformer-like Harvester, the hydrobots, the Moto-Terminators, and more. The other advantage of putting it in the future is that it gives you a chance to meet a whole new batch of robots. The destroyed cities, car littered highways, and rag-tag survivors gave the movie a look and feel you don’t see in too many films. I really enjoyed the post-apocalyptic setting. It got away from the overused time travel plot and took the movie into new territory. First of all, setting it post-Judgment Day was a good move. I think again the answer is yes, but Arnie certainly does help.

The other question was whether or not a “Terminator” movie could be any good without Arnold Schwarzenegger. I don’t think he has to worry about “Charlie’s Angels” hanging around his neck anymore. The first was whether or not McG could pull off a dark, gritty, action adventure. There were several big questions going into this film. While it does have a number of problems, it’s overall a movie worth seeing. I’m a big “Terminator” fan, so I was very anxious to see how this movie turned out. The Director’s Cut is rated R for some violence and brief nudity. “Terminator Salvation” is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language. Marcus soon finds his fate intertwined with that of Kyle and John, but can this former death row inmate find a second chance among the remnants of civilization? As he wanders into the ruins of Los Angeles, he meets his first Terminator and his first fellow human survivor Kyle Reese. Marcus was a prisoner executed in 2003, yet he finds himself inexplicably dumped in the middle of the post-Judgment Day world. This is underlined by a disastrous raid on a Skynet communications base that hides a secret something even John’s mother didn’t know about.įollowing this raid, a lone man emerges from the ruins – Marcus Wright. He’s a low ranking officer in the human resistance forced to carry out orders that he doesn’t entirely believe in. And while John Connor was predicted to lead mankind to salvation, he’s not quite there yet. In the year 2018, humanity finds itself in the inevitable fight for survival against Skynet. Running Time: Director’s Cut – 117 Minutes, Theatrical – 114 Minutes

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