For those of you who haven't gotten around to seeing 'Terminator: Salvation' as of yet, you should, because you won't be disappointed at all. Contrary to the critics, as shrewd as they think they are, aside from the performance of Christian Bale I think a majority of them got it wrong in this one. Firstly, I've always been a huge fan of the Terminator series... I grew up watching it as a kid. Schwarzenegger was my favourite action hero, and hell, a digital image of the man even made a stunning appearance in this visually amazing action thriller. As usual, John Connor is the subject of the plot. Set in a post-apocalyptic America in the year 2018, Connor has managed to conjure up a military resistance against the machines of Skynet. But there are two-sides to the story in this one... Part of the plot follows ex-con Marcus Wright, who was assigned to deathrow following his crimes pre-judgment day. When given the death sentence, Marcus donated his body for scientific experimentation which subsequently had the result of Skynet turning the innards of his body into that of a machine. He awakens into the post-apocalyptic wasteland in classic terminator fashion, stark naked and alone. After stealing some clothes off of a fallen resistance soldier, he begins his journey to unearth the purpose of his awakening. In the meantime, Connor (Bale) continues fighting the war, trying to unravel the motives of Skynet with the help of his long-lost mothers tape recordings.Although initially against each other when they face, Connor and Wright link up to infiltrate Skynet in order to save Rhys, Connor's father from the future, because if Rhys is killed then Connor will cease to exist in the future. As a machine, Wright helps Connor infiltrate the Skynet fortress, but low and behold a slightly predictable twist in the plot reveals that Skynet set up Wright as a Lure for Connor.
Long-story short, the story reaches its climax when Bale faces his old friend turned-nemesis, that being the infamous T800 that helped him against his past assissins (the 'Arnie bot'). Faced with certain death, he is saved by Wright who somehow manages to destroy the machine assassin. Connor is impaled by the machine in the process, suffering a pierced heart. In the end, Wright (who is still part human) donates his human heart to Connor to save him from death. I honestly don't know how Connor didn't die on the way back to base after being impaled through the chest but I guess that's a different topic of discussion.
Overall, the movie was a little bit predictable and a little scattered, but definitely worth the watch for any die-hard Terminator fan. I'd give it a 7 out of 10, unlike the critics who seem to be aiming a little lower. Is it just me though, or does Christian Bale have a lucky habit of being bailed out of bad performances by ridiculously good actors? If it wasn't for Sam Worthington (Marcus Wright), this movie might not have been as great. I guess it's a lot like 'The Dark Knight', where Bale sucked ridiculously hard only to be bailed out by the award-winning perfomance of Heath Ledger as the joker. Also, Bale really has to stop with the whole 'tough-guy' whisper thing - it drives me nuts, SPEAK NORMALLY. Anyway, for all of those who haven't seen this movie yet I hope you enjoy it as much as I did (aside from Bale).
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