Terminator: Salvation (2009)

Stars: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Helen Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin.
Direct by: McG
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/

    

     Yes I liked this movie.  There I said it, now leave me alone.  Yes we all know AH-NUHLD isn't the star, it's the 4th one, and it's PG-13.  Just Be quit for a second and let
me explain.  I at first was excited to see this movie.  I love Christian Bales acting and the wife loves him naked with a chainsaw.  C'mon what better "in shape" badass to play Connor Himself than Batman? I was also excited that AH-NULD was NOT going to be in this movie... Hello? he's getting old and flabby it would be like doing The Rocky Horror Picture Show again and having Tim Curry don the same outfit.  That was then, and this is now.

     Well, when I finished the movie I was left feeling that some actors should not have been in this movie...And I'll get to that.

     in this being the 4th movie, we see the Cyberdyne machine come to life in all of it's horror....which i was kinda bummed that the movie takes place in 2018 AFTER Cyberdyne went fully auto.  That kinda pissed me off, I mean for 3 fucking movies now we have been told of the END OF DAYS, and now we finally see what happened, but only AFTER, and not during.....Oh well... So here we are with John Connor Fully grown and being questioned about being the ONE.....Which would explain why he was just a higher up in The military and not the big boss..

       So after some explosions and some death we learn that John Connor is just a soldier in Humanity's last breath of hope...yep.  Oh and John Connor also broadcasts on the air to anybody who will listen, like an open letter for anybody to read.  we also learn that john is going to be a dad.  A part of the movie that should've been cut...all of it.  Along comes the twist which made it interesting..

      John only has the past 2 horrific run in's with Terminators, plus his moms audio diary to go on.  I mean if i got chased not once but TWICE by futuristic Machines, I would be the same way.  Christian Bale did a great job as a John Connor who knows the future but has to sell mankind on it.  The scruffy look and tired eyes sold the horror and doom image that had to have taken a toll on john.  At this point We learn that Kyle Reese must be found before cyberdyne can get him and take him to the human grinding factory in San Fran.

       Kyle reese is in LA smashing T-600's in bonecrushing degrees, when we run into a guy by the name of Marcus Wright.  yes Marcus appeared mud covered and Naked..Hint Hint...so after some amazing stunt work and big booms Marcus and Kyle head out of L.A. to find john Connor...along the way Blair Williams is saved by Marcus and now we have a group....so now with this story and John Connors it gets kinda sappy and lame.

      So Kyle gets captured and Marcus gets himself captured by John....and you can almost guess the rest...Kinda......The movie really picks up steam when the jail break hits....

      Now to the let down..  Bryce Dallas Howard.  I hate when big studios put the wrong actors into roles like this.  Look at Maggie G. in the Dark Knight, Great actor but NOT for the part of Miss Dawes. Same with Bryce, she is good, but not for this role.  I felt she was a part of the drag areas of the movie.  if it would've been some serious role or dramedy, then put her in it.  I mean she did turn down Clerks 2, so why put her into T4?  I did however, LOVE Anton Yelchin.....  The snarl of Reese and the gritted teeth words...man Michael Biehn would be proud....So for Mr. Yelchin this summer has been a HUGE push for serious roles, and he deserves it.

     And yes folks AH-NULD is in it, well at least his 25 year old face is;) 

I enjoyed this movie and hope you all give it a chance..

overall rating (* * *)

-Mr. What?_