I’m seriously so pleasantly surprised by the quality of Terminator Salvation; I mean it’s not as though I even disliked Terminator 3 but the newest chapter surpassed the third instalment in my opinion. It had brilliant pace, consistent action and paid homage to the previous films, such as John on the doped up motorbike listening to Guns N Roses like in T2, but still managed to enhance and develop the storyline to a suitable degree. I’ve got to commend the special effects, action scenes and general backdrops of burnt out cities like long forsaken labyrinths of steel girders; it really reminded of that dark set up from the earlier films, such a grim apocalyptic future. So I really have zero sympathy for the reviewers who have given Terminator Salvation such negative comments because I fail to understand what exactly they expect… I mean yeah, topping T2 is going to be near impossible but Salvation has lived up to the expectations and legacy of the franchise.
My only criticisms are quite minor, like its such a shame Arnie himself didn’t appear, bit it’s fair enough using a bodybuilder with a similar physique to him 25 years ago, but the CGI face was a bit weak, only questionable special effects I can remember. Christian Bale isn’t a bad actor at all, but I feel as though his performance took a slight back seat role to Sam Worthington, who was all together more interesting I reckon. Bale didn’t get as much screen time as I assumed he would to be honest.