Terminator Salvation

It was good, but not great.

Missing is Cameron's signature action modification, best exploited in Aliens: the strapping female heroine. McG's testosterone-juiced world feels a little doomed without her.

It brings me very little joy to report that this version of the popular Terminator franchise is silly, obtuse, and pointless.

Terminator Salvation leaves me thinking it's a rock solid post-apocalyptic action picture that bends over backwards to make itself fit to a pre-existing mythology.

For once I found myself hankering for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

McG has sparked a moribund franchise back to life, giving fans the post-apocalyptic action they've been craving since they first saw a metal foot crush a human skull two decades ago.

This rather cold exercise contains a synthesized quality and feels like it was executed by an artificial intelligence.

Terminator Salvation lacks human connection as the backdrop of the story, and if it has any, they're far removed from the films starring Arnold. [Full review in Spanish]

I liked “Terminator Salvation” and while it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I think it has a place in the series.

No tricky time travel finds its way into the plot - and, perhaps, such complexities are exactly the ideas that are missing.