Review: Terminator Salvation

So for someone who still hasn’t seen the third terminator movie, I really dont feel like I’ve missed much! This movie picks up at the year 2018 after judgement day… and as long as you’ve seen the first 2 Terminator movies, I think you’de be fine with seeing this one. Right from the get go, this movie throws the viewer into the action of our post appocaliptic world. One scene near the beginning I was particularly fond of is when a helicopter crashes and the camera is inside looking out… With the volume of the theatre and surround sound it truely makes you feel like you could be there. However it wasn’t all good… the full review, including my rating, after the break

There was plenty of special effects and lots of CGI seemlessly implemented with the live action shots to help emerse the viewer … for the first hour. Then the story seemed to get so rediculus and predictable that I actually found myself leaning over and saying what was about to be said in the person next to me’s ear. Lots of cliche saying in this flick really made us groan while watching it… including phrases like “I’ll be back”, and “everyone deserves a second chance”… *groan*

Unless you are a die hard fan of the series, in which case you’ve probobly already seen it, then I suggest waiting for dvd on this one, unless you watch movies on an 8inch screen with stereo sound… that just wont do the action justice either. The explosions and the action was deffinitely entertaining, however thats really all the movie had going for it. Overall I give this movie a 5 / 10.