Directed by : Alan Taylor
Written by : Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier
Starring : Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke
Release Date : June 25, 2015
I'll just come right out and say it, I did not hate this movie. In fact, I'd argue that it's enjoyable in all the right ways. It's not without it's problems though, and a lot of it has to do with the convoluted story that it tries to juggle. Of course they try to distract you from those plot conveniences and leaps of logic, by giving us almost non-stop entertaining action set piece, after entertaining action set piece, after entertaining action set piece. BTW, those action scenes are just fine, nothing really that memorable, but at least not horrible, and kinda fun.
What's probably the biggest difference between this installment of the franchise, compared to the much revered first two films, is that there isn't a lot of introspective dramatic down time here. There is at least some pathos between the older T-800 Terminator and Sarah Connor, but that aspect are just briefly touched on. Basically the movie is mostly just action sequences, with some exposition scenes tossed in, and of course the homages towards the previous films.
The single thing that I can honestly say I absolutely loved, is this new T-800 Terminator named Pops, as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. He brings back the more human-like Terminator that was being introduced in Terminator 2, with some welcome moments of humor. Emilia Clarke is fine as Sarah Connor, but she plays her like a teenager who just acts like she's tough, and I never really bought her convictions. Jai Courtney and Jason Clarke were simply just adequate enough for their generally underwritten characters; Kyle Reese and John Connor respectively.
Besides the action sequences of "Terminator Genisys," this movie overall actually has a good amount of humor spread throughout, that really lightens up the mood in a very welcome way. Feel free to count how many one-liners there are here. I'm just glad that I didn't find this movie horrible. It's not necessarily a great movie, but I can't deny that I did like it, and even had fun watching it.
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