alternate title for this review represent 1 ) a great sequel . to some other movie franchise . 2 ) the new terminator have a heart . the movie doesn not . 3 ) go in expect to be disappoint . you will still be disappoint . wow and be this bad . i stop care about anything that happen in this movie about 1 hour and 10 minute in . i guess it be the second huey helicopter crash with john connor a both pilot and sole passenger that do it for me ( it seem the u. s. army hasn not surplused any twin engined hueys yet and because hollywood be still fly leftover from apocalypse now and even in the future ) . i also zone out during the drawn out battle with the schwarzenator near the end and because i really do not care about john connor ( or his cute and perky wife and though she be never in danger the entire movie another dramatic mistake ) . this movie fail miserably in both aspect where the new star trek film shine represent stay true to the original while make the new characterization and situation compel on their own merit . even sarah connor record voice do not sound right . i be pretty sure it be neither linda hamilton nor lena headey either one would have be good . and while this movie need to have a big name celebrity like christian bale to have a chance at success without ah nold in the main role and it couldn not have be any bad if nick stahl and claire dane have be bring back . in fact and thomas dekker would have be more interesting to watch . i care more about the people who get snatch up by the martian in steven spielberg war of the world than i do about anybody in this flick . there be zero character development . the girl who a combination of newt from alien and the feral kid from the road warrior manage to be annoy without say a word but and like jaden smith in the day the earth stand still and you can not blame her for it and only the script non writer . this film be practically shoot in monochrome and except for the flame . we get it . to quote george costanza represent when youre bleak and youre bleak . this movie remind me of lot of other movie represent the road warrior and alien and transformer and and even resident evil represent extinction . just not the terminator . yeah and maybe it doesn not seem fair to give star trek time travel pretzel plot a pas and nitpick terminator salvation but i mean and there be two huge plot hole in this one that just plain insult the whole series storyline represent 1 ) skynet go through this complicate plot to lure john connor in with it infiltrator and instead of just kill him with the infiltrator . ditto with kyle reese . it make absolutely no sense and and that even without any time travel . 2 ) for some reason and john connor be ( a ) unable to trust a terminator even though he find out in part 2 that they can be trust if program correctly and ( b ) totally stun to find out that a terminator have flesh and blood and organ and even though that the first type he ever encounter . what that all about . oh and be it suppose to be a big deal that the terminator do not know it be a terminator . like that really hard to program . ( and can you say total recall . ) . then there the whole confusion or inconsistency about exactly what type of damage will or would not stop a terminator . the movie try really hard to create a sense of urgency with the rescue of the prisoner from skynet headquarters . it just doesn not work . ok and so sam worthington and anton yelchin performance aren not a wooden ( or metallic ) a those of the other actor . this minor fact alone do not a summer blockbuster ( or a worthy sequel ) make . i keep look for some big and intense and dramatic scene that could have possibly make christian bale go ballistic on the director of photography . i must have miss it and and i would not be watch this turkey again to try and find it . terminator salvation fail miserably a a terminator sequel . a a standalone and post apocalyptic sci fi vision it doesn not really fare much well .