Review of Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) by Dharma — 14 Jan 2020

The most disappointing film of 2019, Terminator: Dark Fate has all the ingredients to make it a resurgence of this decades old franchise. Alas, it is literally a final nail on the coffin, despite it being produced by Cameron himself.

Let's get the positive side: Linda Hamilton is literally bad ass as Sarah Connor and her performance is the best thing about this film. Other than that, the Terminator saga yet again implemented another 'hard reset' that negates its previous 'installments'.

This time it would be better, as promised by the film makers. And boy, do they throw everything but the kitchen sink into this. You have major set piece after set piece being thrown at you, and they are a painful reminder that 'Judgment Day' is still the best action movie around.

None of it work until slightly near the end. The biggest problem of this film: it is so derivative of the old flicks that there is literally no point of seeing this beside seeing this franchise 'updated' with modern technology.

However...what they had before was so innovative and revolutionary, it even held well decades after its release. It's time for the film makers and its fans to say 'hasta la vista' to this franchise.