Terminator Salvation

First and foremost I thought that this movie should have been Terminator 2 and not Terminator 4, but you get what you pay for and we got Edward Furlong on the second and not the war I have been wanting to see since hints of it in the very first Terminator. Secondly this review does contain spoilers.

As the movie starts we meet Marcus, a criminal on deathrow who has admitted his guilt in a crime that resulted in the death of his brother and a cop. Helena Bonham Carter is a cancer patient patitioning Marcus for his body to use for scientific purposes. Just before Carter leaves Marcus signs the form and we discover the header on the form is for Cyberdine Systems. We know from the trailers that Marcus is an advanced form of the terminator. Trouble is, he wakes up 15 years later not knowing that he has been converted or combined with Skynets most advanced technology.

As he begins to learn what has happened over the last 15 years he develops a friendship with a teenage Kyle Reese. When Kyle is captured by Skynet he vows to rescue him and get him to the Resistance Headquarters located in an undiscolsed location, still unaware of his true purpose which I will not spoil for you here.

As the resistance is working on their best technology, a signal that can disable the the machines, Connor and Marcus meet when one of his teammates is escorting Marcus back to the base. This is when the unsuspecting viewers in the theatre, Marcus, Connor and the rest of this branch of the resistance come to learn that Marcus is a machine himself. With Kyle in the central Skynet base and the leaders of The Resistance planning a major assault on this location using this new weapon, John Connor and Marcus team up to rescue the people held prisoner at the Skynet base and in turn rescuing Kyle Reese. It is during this rescue operation that we learn the truth behind Marcus’ creation, a truth that could turn the tide in the war and drive the resistance to the brink of destruction and give the victory to Skynet.

I was very happy with this particular movie and I enjoyed it a great deal. I thought that the action was very good and not overplayed. The machines were great and they were exactly what we have been given glances of for the past 20yrs. or so. I loved the character interactions and the effects where awesome, but then again like I said I have been waiting for this movie for years. I just can’t believe that it has taken them this long to make it and I hope that there are more of these movies in the future. I personally tend to think that the war between Skynet and The Resistance would make for some great movies in the future.