Terminator 4 or Terminator Salvation take your pick
Just got back from a viewing on the new terminator movie “Terminator Salvation” or Terminator 4 (which I think is a much better title, less pretentious).
Anyhow, the movie kicks off in modern day when a convict slated for execution is asked by a cancer suffering Helena Bonham Carter to donate his body to something or other (was getting a bit bored at this stage to be honest).
Then I went out for a toilet break and when I came back the scene had changed and there was good old Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) rappelling down into a research facility blowing everything up (YES!!! finally !!! ).
I could go into a more detailed review revealing the plot and all, but that would be a waste a time if your a die-hard Terminator fan like me. Suffice it to say a lot of cyborgs get shot, Arnie makes a brief cameo and lots of cyberdyne toys come out and play. The effects I found were Ok, it didnt blow me a away to be honest and one thing that really annoyed me was that most of the action took place during the day and this ruined the technoir finish of the previous Terminator movies.
The acting for the most part was Ok but I thought Christian Bale portrayal of John Connor lacking any real emotion, dont get me wrong he dotted the t’s and crossed the I’s but he had such an opportuniy to bring something different but he pulled up short.
Final verdict :
Good popcorn movie leave brain at door, lots of cgi unfortunately for me nothing original