Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

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The 6th Terminator film returns creative control to James Cameron, who proceeds to ignore everything which has occurred in the franchise since 1991: Dark Fate picks up directly after the events of Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

I think it suffices to say that this film is, essentially, this franchise's The Force Awakens: a workable but troubling mix of rehash (the story is almost exactly the same as that of Terminator 2) and painful fanservice (Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor has become a killing machine; Arnie's Terminator is now essentially a puppy).

It's actually not too bad and deserved better than the financial failure it got. The action is pretty spectacular, particularly the first chase sequence, and Gabriel Luna's REV-9 is appropriately menacing. It's genuinely a lot of fun -- if you can ignore the way you're being pandered to.

- Sam - 2019-12-01 05:30:51