Review of Terminator Genisys (2015) by Yautja_Warrior — 05 Jul 2015

Despite all the really bad reviews, I went to see this anyway, as a fan and the fact that most critics talk out of their arse these days and guess what, the movie is nowhere near as bad as some are making out, I enjoyed it quite a lot actually.

It's not perfect and has it's share of problems of course, the script is a little weak in places, not all the one liners hit home and the cast can't compare to the original cast. Emilia Clarke and Jai Courtney's do an ok job in their roles, Emilia starts a little weak but seems to get a better grasp of Sarah as the movie goes on but they are no Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton.

There is a lot to like though. Solid action sequences, some funny one liners, brilliant recreation of the opening of the original movie, with CGI Arnold really well done, a new T-1000 which is still badass and of course real (old) Arnold playing his iconic role like he never left.

Overall it is a fun, entertaining action movie, nothing more, nothing less, so don't expect T1 / T2 greatness but it's still a pretty decent start of what should be a new trilogy, even though it does feel like a complete movie in itself, it certainly leaves a lot of questions unanswered for the future movies.