Review of Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) by Bersi84 — 14 Apr 2020

This movie is as average as it gets which is a shame for this franchise, probably the last appearance of Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron himself.

The movie not even neglects the movies that happened after Terminator 2 as James Cameron said himself it also neglects the very same movies James Cameron created. Actually I truely do not understand why he decided the plot to do that way. I cannot describe it better because I do not want to spoil people but denying the groundworks of the franchise to create a new even thinner plotline is just unnecessary and unforgiving.

The re-appearance of Linda Hamilton was super useless in my eyes. She did not add anything to this movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger saved a few bits due to some charming sentences he threw in. All in all it has to be mentioned that Mackenzie Davis played her part very well although the role does not match the character that J.C. plotted out in the beginning. Feels very awkward and misplaced at times. Also the disputes between each of the roles feels extremely unsatisfying. It is said to say but the movie is (IMHO) not worth the money and a further step back from the franchise at whole. I might even argue that the original Terminator 3 had a more solid and intense screenplay than this one. Of course a Terminator movie will always make money, so we will possibly see another appearance somewhen soon but with this very bad revival from J.C and probably the fading out of Arnold Schwarzenegger this franchise is either drop dead or needs a complete new reboot to get fresh air, new ideas and the chance to develop new iconic characters to develop a new series.