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Terminator Salvation

Play trailer Poster for Terminator Salvation PG-13 Released May 21, 2009 1h 56m Sci-Fi Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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Although Judgment Day has in fact occurred, the future for which John Connor (Christian Bale) was prepared has been partly altered by the appearance of a stranger named Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington). Connor must determine if Wright has been rescued from the past, or sent from the future. As the machines prepare for a final battle, Connor and Wright delve deep into Skynet's heart, uncovering a secret that could lead to the annihilation of mankind.
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With storytelling as robotic as the film's iconic villains, Terminator Salvation offers plenty of great effects but lacks the heart of the original films.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online It was good, but not great. Rated: B Sep 12, 2017 Full Review Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Missing is Cameron's signature action modification, best exploited in Aliens: the strapping female heroine. McG's testosterone-juiced world feels a little doomed without her. Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Laremy Legel Film.com It brings me very little joy to report that this version of the popular Terminator franchise is silly, obtuse, and pointless. Rated: D+ May 6, 2011 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review This rather cold exercise contains a synthesized quality and feels like it was executed by an artificial intelligence. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 19, 2023 Full Review Emiliano Basile EscribiendoCine Terminator Salvation lacks human connection as the backdrop of the story, and if it has any, they're far removed from the films starring Arnold. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jul 11, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies I liked “Terminator Salvation” and while it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I think it has a place in the series. Rated: 4/5 Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mike loved whole experience Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/08/21 Full Review bob t It was alright, liked seeing the new perspective on a terminator movie. First one in the future and i think they did pretty good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Carson K This was pretty good. I’ve only seen T1 and T2 which are both great. T2 is one of the best movies ever made so it’s hard to compare but this movie had good stuff. Christian Bale was, as usual, really good. The action was decent and I thought the terminators were cool. The setting was interesting but would’ve thrived if it looked like the apocalypse scenes in T1 and T2. It did have some interesting scenes involving giant terminators. Some of the cinematography was rough, the emotion wasn’t quite there and some of the action wasn’t great. But overall it was pretty good. Goodbye, see you later. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Michael T For me this is the most underrated terminator film to date, I think people avoided it because Arnie and Linda Hamilton weren't involved, the film fills in a lot of the blanks from previous movies, and would of set up some great sequels, the cast was there and you can see where they were going, instead we ended up with Genysis and Dark Fate, so my advice is watch it as a stand alone movie and imagine what could of been. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review Carson P The thing appealing about salvation is this is like a post apocalyptic war movie with soldiers against killing machines and I like it for that not to mention the arcade game was awesome and I would play it any time I go to Dave and busters it was awesome the movie itself is just average though as it’s tone is off putting and feels like going into a more call of duty stile than a simple sci fi action film which the first two movies were in the end those are the best ones and the rest are just mediocre to just bad 5/10 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review thiago s filme legal, o roteiro é legal, gostei das cenas de ação, o filme se passa no julgamento final, com as cidades todas destruídas, achei legal o filme focar em humanos se escondendo de máquinas, e depois partes que ficou meio científico isso prejudicou um pouco o filme, com tudo isso, eu recomendo esse filme. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Although Judgment Day has in fact occurred, the future for which John Connor (Christian Bale) was prepared has been partly altered by the appearance of a stranger named Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington). Connor must determine if Wright has been rescued from the past, or sent from the future. As the machines prepare for a final battle, Connor and Wright delve deep into Skynet's heart, uncovering a secret that could lead to the annihilation of mankind.
Director
McG
Producer
Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver
Screenwriter
John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Moritz Borman
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Intense Sci-Fi Action|Language)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 21, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 22, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$125.3M
Runtime
1h 56m
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