I went to see Terminator Salvation in Ilford Cineworld on June 22nd 2009. The film is a 12a rating and is directed by McG. It is an Action, Adventure, Sci-fi and a Thriller movie.
Terminator Salvation continues from Terminator 3 (judgement day). The film moves forward and shows the continuing conflict between the machines and human beings. John Connor, the only hope for humanity has lots of self motivation and courage in order to conquer the machines. The machines do lots of damage as they wipe out people and cities, with only scattered people fighting the resistance. There is no real closure at the end of the film as the battle continues to go on. Terminator Salvation gives the audience an outlook of how brutal and imagery the War is.
I found Terminator Salvation hugely entertaining. The fight scenes in particular are very quick and the editing is swift. One example in the film was when Marcus Wright (who is half a robot and half machine) helps to blow up an enormous machine at a petrol station. The gigantic machine was continuously annihilating people in their cars, in which they were trying to escape. Marcus and Kyle Reese, who is now in the present managed to destroy the machine. He did this by blowing up a flammable piece of equipment. This was one example in the film which demonstrated a lot of action and intense War.
The characters in the film are fairly plain. There is no real character that stands out despite John Connor being the leader. The film is focused on the War rather than on character building.
I found the use of space in this film very interesting. Throughout the film the space is very vast and open. Much of the action takes place in open lands that have no sense of community. Terminator Salvation is a film of War but it is also a film which tries to distinguish the differences between machines and people. Sometimes that distinction is not always clear. I found that point very interesting. The special effects in the film were fascinating and very mesmerizing.
Overall I found the film very entertaining and fun. But at the same time I thought it was rather predictable. I predicted that the only next step in the terminator saga was to show the battle between the humans and the machines. This was proven the case. Additionally I thought the film lacked substance and does not leave you much to think about. I would rate this film 4.5/10
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