The Terminator is back with a strange title, Genisys. It is clear that they are eager to continue the franchise however they do not know how. Terminator Genisys shows promise to the visionary world of James Cameron but it is hampered by non-stop big and loud action scenes, it does not stop to develop the story further. That said, it still capture the interesting premise of time travel. It is better than Terminator Salvation but that is not saying much. What you get here is series of thrilling and big CGI heavy action set piece that propel the story forward.
I'm not sure what film the critics have watched, but as someone who queued all day to be one of the first to see T2, Genisys ticks all the Terminator boxes, time travel, morphing androids, liquid metal, Judgement Day, one liners, explosions, car chases, strong female lead, technology and prescient thoughts on handing over power over our lives to machines. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to his signature role as the T800 at various ages, the CGI rendering of him as the "original" model is fantastic.
Hollywood is becoming more and more comfortable with the idea of time-travel benefitting the movie industry. This latest re-writing of a franchise sees the admittedly welcome return of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role that defined him, but the decidedly unwelcome scrapping of Judgment Day and all its consequences. It was good to see Arnold Schwarzenegger back in his iconic role as The Terminator, although he is much older here. Emilia Clarke fits in perfectly as the young Sarah Connor and the likeness between her and Linda Hamilton is very similar to each other. Jai Courtney was great as Kyle Reese, although Michael Biehn was better.
The effects were really great, especially the effects used for the special Terminator in the second half. They looked so cool and much better than the T-1000 effects, which they also used again. CGI Arnold, which was basically his face on another man's body, was actually really well done. I mean, you could tell it was CGI, but it was probably going to be really hard to try and hide that fact, so might as well not dock too many points. The music, by Lorne Balfe, was simply stunning. My personal favorite is track 19, Sacrifice. It has that amazing blend of action and sadness that works really well, and it's very cool. The new Terminator theme is also pretty good as well, putting a spin on the old classic.
The movie contains several plot holes that I will not mention, but unlike some people may think, the movie is not confusing, in some occasions you will not understand what's actually going but the movie will "unroll" and it will explain the questions you may have. In terms of actor performance, Emilia Clarke was good ,Schwarzenegger was fantastic, but Jai Courtney performance was weak in my opinion. I mean my expectations in him weren't huge since he almost ruined Die Hard but still I was expecting more because he was "okay" in Unbroken.
This movie has another typical "time traveling" storyline, although it wouldn't be much of a terminator film without one but they do get slightly repetitive! The story is a bit rehashed as well, with Arnold coming back in time once again to play the good-guy Terminator, although it really wouldn't work without him! This is also a "PG-13" Terminator, so some of the violence, language, and sex (or lack thereof) included is a bit toned-down versus the originals. Lastly, despite being a GREAT film, it doesn't quite "hit the spot" with how the original two James Cameron films did. It was very close, though.
7/10·IMDb
26%·Rotten Tomatoes
38%·Metacritic
7/10 verdict
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