Review of Terminator Genisys (2015) by 50Percentjoe — 02 Jul 2015

So this movie is catching flack like nobody's business. I want to say straight off this movie is leagues better than 3, and in terms of plot it flows much better than 4. Genisys goes a much campier and friendlier route than any previous entry, but unlike 3, it never shies way from this idea. Rise of the Machines suffered from incessantly back peddling away from its cornball moments to try and pull off a grim story, which at the end of the day could have been really good.

Genisys is the Terminator movie you can take your kid or your younger brother to and have a great time, heck, take you daughter or kid sister! Sarah Connor is a fantastic action chick as ever, still not totally sure how I feel about Amelia playing a role that was previously filled by Linda Hammilton, but she did a fantastic job. The real star though is Arnold as quite literally Terminator Dad. He's melancholy and old and emotionless and yet... in weird ways when he does emote, it hits with a pretty good amount of weight. He's not going to get a moment that rivals, "I know now why you cry," but he gets some great goofy lines and does pull a heart string or two.

Is T5 perfect? Nope. I would call it fun though, a whole bucket of big dumb fun that is tonally consistent all the way through.