Maybe it’s a good thing that I’m not a fan of the Terminator series because Terminator Salvation didn’t live up to the expectations of loyal fans. They say it was a mediocre attempt with its lackluster character development and a weak plot. Well for me, the movie did a good job in presenting what had happen in the future, before John Connor (Christian Bale) met his future father Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) and send him back to the past to meet his mom.
Batman did well playing John Connor but Marcus (Sam Worthington) is the star in Terminator Salvation. He’s the cyborg who thinks he’s still 100 percent human. The first part of the movie explained how he became a robot. At first glance I thought he was WWE’s Randy Orton and was waiting for him to do an RKO.
Some people felt it was cheesy for Marcus to have a love interest. They say that the Blair Williams (Moon Bloodgood) made the story predictable. I have to agree with them but then again I’m not complaining to see a beautiful girl in the screen.
Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington): What is it that makes us human? It’s not something you can program. You can’t put it into a chip. It’s the strength of the human heart. The difference between us and machines.
John Connor goes into SkyNet headquarters to rescue Kyle Reese. He succeeded in that task but was met by Governator along the way. Marcus comes to save him but not before he sustained a critical injury. They managed to blow up the building but John needs a heart transplant to live. Marcus offers his heart to John Connor. Isn’t that sweet?
I think it’s appropriately titled because T-3 killed the franchise and Terminator Salvation salvaged it . But fans wanted more. What they got was a good action movie and not a Terminator movie. Maybe they don’t want to see a CGI Governator and want a wrinkly Arnold Schwarzenegger to reprise his role again. Please I don’t want to witness that in the big screen.
