Directed by:
Tim MillerCinematography:
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Tom HolkenborgCast:
Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta, Edward Furlong, Tom Hopper, Brett Azar, Steven Cree (more)VOD (2)
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Tim Miller directs this sixth instalment in the sci-fi action franchise. Set 27 years after events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the film follows Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) as she attempts to put a stop to new liquid metal Terminator Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna) from terminating cyborg Grace (Mackenzie Davis) and Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), a young woman who is mysteriously being tracked down by Rev-9. Rev-9 proves difficult to beat, however, and so Sarah and The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) must set aside their differences and team up with Grace to save Dani, whose fate and that of the world is in their hands. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
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At the beginning of this truly new and standalone contribution, it ends up being too similar to the classic first one, with new characters who are insufficiently appealing or simply poorly drawn. I was fearful for Sarah from the first minutes, and for me Dani was practically irrelevant until the end. Nor was this helped by the strangely undefined mood, which didn't keep me in suspense with any proper ending. In fact, it has no choice but to save the two most famous faces of the brand as a whole, where I just smile knowingly at their ultimate confrontation, but without them who knows if I would have stayed in the cinema to the end. The twist from the opening scene seems fatally wrong to me. To come up with such a retcon in a film that doesn't have a story set up by James Cameron himself, should result in a rating at least a third lower, because that kind of trampling is simply unforgivable, not to mention that the plot formula, which is ultimately followed, doesn't deviate from the original template in anything, it just voluntarily subtracts one original timeline paradox. I'm sorry that the long-awaited Terminator: Dark Fate remains unequivocally the weakest Terminator chapter for me, but I would really rather return to the bleak future of Terminator: Salvation or the action-comedy of Terminator: Genisys, even though that one alone deserves the subtitle "Legends" for how it messes with the history just to make it clear that the original saga is no longer being told here. But I would gladly watch the originally planned trilogies for both of these worlds even today, while I would never want to see more of Dani or Grace. The third star is saved by the infinitely diverse finale, which bravely replaces almost all environments and means of transportation. Which is a good outcome for a regular sci-fi film, but not for the brand of one of the most famous ones.
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The T-800 lives with his family in a cabin in the woods, is an expert at ladies' curtains, raises and pets a dog on the porch, and just out of the blue decides (programmed, unprogrammed, it doesn't matter) to do good. In short, Terminator as a soap opera. Add to that the nowadays fashionable girl-power element (a six-foot-tall teenage girl is a leader of the resistance) and the last half-hour of overstuffed digital crap. And there’s not a single action scene with the charge of anything by Cameron. Sadly, the best – and in fact the only good – thing about the whole film is the ageing Linda Hamilton, who, with how poor her career has been for the last 20 years, clearly enjoyed it and had fun. Otherwise, a terrible mess that completely fucks up all the careful mythology outlined by Cameron. And as I look at the four stars here, people have either gone completely insane or they don’t need much to be happy. And by the way, in the cinema, my friend and I were in an empty auditorium all by ourselves, in the evening, in Liberec, a city of 100,000 and four days after the premiere. That, too, says something about the decline of once famous franchises.
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The merger of old and new characters is done nicely and Arnold’s catchphrases will make you laugh. That makes the over-digitized, unnecessarily over-the-top wannabe action (most of all on the plane) all the more annoying, as it completely spoils this otherwise decently entertaining flick. Less would have been more if they couldn’t spend another $ 100 million on better digital effects. And the new young female terminator Mackenzie Davis is tough, but uninteresting and asexual.
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A solid action romp and probably to best sequel to Terminator 2, but it still smacks of yesterday’s mashed potatoes with a few added ingredients. In terms of story, it doesn’t bring anything new apart from the mysterious Carl and friendly Grace. The action and the special effects are fantastic, especially in the opening scene. Sarah is a bit too much of a caricature and the rescued girl a bit bland. Miller put together the next sequel that we wanted, but the only thing that it proves is that Cameron did the same, but much better back 1991. It’s raining naked ladies again.
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Uff The new Terminator is a huge surprise and the ultimate action flick! With a few exceptions, I consider this year one of the weakest in terms of horror and blockbuster films, but October kicks the whole year off on a more positive note. I don't remember enough of the older installments to compare, so I'm rating this one and this one only, and although I went to the theater expecting a seven, I left with an enthusiastic ten. From start to finish, it is an intense, raucous and uncompromising action inferno with a perfect cast. Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger were good, but the big surprise is Mackenzie Davis, who gets gave me adrenaline and erections at the same time during the action scenes, and praise must also be given to the indestructible Gabriel Luna, who played the bad guy with grace. There is plenty of action, it's very varied, each time very spectacular and the music makes you slowly catch your breath, especially during the final scene where M. Davis spins the chain, I screamed with relish across the cinema, because the last time I saw such a choreography was from Iko Uwais in The Raid 2. Apart from the action, I praise the visuals, the dynamic pace, some apt wisecracks, the juicy R-rating and a pretty dark atmosphere. Great entertainment that I always have served up with a smile and enthusiasm. 10/10
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