Christian Bale really takes his method acting seriously. In The Machinist, you can literally see all his bones. It seems that he has no fat in his body at all. It is similar to his crack-addict character in The Fighter. This factor brings the tension of the movie to another level. His thin frame alone creates the right mood that helps make the movie less tedious.

Character development is excellent in The Machinist. Aside from turning himself into a walking skeleton, Christian Bale gives a near perfect performance in this movie. The rest of the casts also did a good job that contributed to the dark mood of the film.

Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale): Right now I wanna sleep. I just want to sleep.

On the contrary, The Machinist would not induce sleep. It is a gripping movie that you’ll talk about for days after watching it. Watch it with an open mind and let it take you to a trip full of mysteries and suspense.

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.