I have never seen any of the “Terminator” movies until this week when I watched “Terminator Salvation.” This movie is the fourth installment in the Terminator franchise. Personally I have never been interested in any of the “Terminator” movies but decided to give it a try anyway. “Terminator Salvation” is your basic man vs. machine kind of movie. The machines have taken over the planet under the control of a system known as Skynet which want to eradicate the human race. As you can probably guess this idea did not go over well with mankind so they battle against the machines or Terminators to save their lives. In my opinion the whole robots taking over the world idea is a little cliché. Even though I did not think I would enjoy this movie it turned out to be actually pretty good. One of the main characters Marcus Wright (played by Sam Worthington) is a human/terminator hybrid who was created to lure the rebel leader John Connor (played by Christian Bale) to Skynet headquarters to be killed. In the end Marcus sides with the humans and they fight together to bring down Skynet headquarters. While I did find this movie interesting I still have no interest in any of the Terminator installments. “Terminator Salvation” was good but it did not make me feel as if I should try and watch the other Terminator movies.
*I give “Terminator Salvation” a 5.5 out of 10*
While Terminator Salvation may seem a little cliche, it is worth remembering that the original Terminator started many of those cliches back in the day. The idea of machines trying to take over the world might not have aged well, but it reached its peak with the first two Terminator films.
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