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McG
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James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, Jonathan Nolan, Shawn Ryan, Paul Haggis, David C. Wilson, Anthony E. Zuiker
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Christian Bale, Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Helena Bonham Carter, Roland Kickinger, Chris Browning, Jane Alexander, Michael Ironside, Linda Hamilton, Michael Papajohn, Anjul Nigam, Beth Bailey, Zach McGowan, Dylan Kenin, Babak Tafti, Alan D. Purwin, Victor J. Ho, Joe Basile, Lorenzo Callender, David Douglas, Brent Lambert, Noli McCool, Paul J. Porter, Foued Zayani, David Midthunder, Mark Rayner, Gregory Leiker, Emerson Brooks, Alexandra Krizman, Daniel J Gonzales, John Trejo, J.D. Marmion, Frank Powers, Brian Reece, Christina Koerber, Chris Ashworth, Greg Plitt, Omar Paz Trujillo, William Arute, Chris Bentley, Christina Koerber, Jadagrace
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
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Movie Review by Martin
June 11th, 2009
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As a fan of the first two terminators as well as Christian Bale. This movie was the one i've been waiting for this year. Forget Transformers and Shia LaBeoufs ability of outrunning them. Terminators are the robots that truely kick ass.
Whats great about the movie is whats great about most sequals that are actually good. Bringing something new while sticking to what made the origanal work.
In the first film we had an android from the future hunt for the future leaders mother in a seriously 80's Los Angeles. In the second, we had a cool liquid metal robot hunt the future leader himself. In the third, we had a (duh duh duhhh) chick terminator (not so good). So what could possibly top these? How about a bunch of different robots in the now deserted future, as well as a return of the first one, Not looking so jerky and 80's. Perfect.
The Action in this movie realy is its triumph, featuring giant robots, bikelike robots and underwater snakelike ones, as well as the return of the bad T-800 from the origanal. (not wondering why humans cry like in T2 but trying to kill them!)
What also makes the origanals classics is their storylines, and "Terminator Salvation" does a half decent job of this too with the introduction of Sam Worthington and his plot which even has a nice if predictable twist. He is the new blood, but its realy cool to see John Conner, previously a kid with a tough man destiny thrown upon him, now actually becoming the tough man that is also batman. Its also cool to have Anton Yelchin onboard as a young Kyle Reese. Yelchin, who was awful as checov in the new "Star trek" is perfect as a young Michael Biehn.
Terminator salvation doesnt seem to have won many people over unfortantly, and the only reason i can realy think for this is the films lack of violence when compaired to its predicesors. There are no randoms being shot in Tech noir, or step parents being knifed through the mouth while taking a gulp of milk here.
The lack of Schwarzenneger probably makes this film horrible to some too. But whats most important? story? action? Both are here, and make sence to what is a continuing series.
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