Friday, July 3, 2015

Terminator Salvation (2009)


"We Fight Back"


Directed by McG
Produced by Derek Anderson, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver
Written by John Brancato, Michael Ferris, Jonathan Nolan, Paul Haggis
Based on Characters by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Michael Ironside, Helena Bonham Carter
Music by Danny Elfman, Brad Fiedel
Cinematography: Shane Hurlbut
Edited by Conrad Buff
Production companies: The Halcyon Company, Wonderland Sound and Vision
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 21 May 2009 (United States)
Running time: 115 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $200 million
Box office: $371.3 million


"Terminator Salvation" is a science fiction action film directed by McG. It's the fourth installment of the Terminator film series. It tells the story of the war against machine that have started in 2018.


Cast
  • Christian Bale as John Connor
  • Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright
  • Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese
  • Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams
  • Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor
  • Common as Barnes
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Serena Kogan/Skynet
  • Michael Ironside as General Ashdown
  • Roland Kickinger as The Terminator / T-800 (Model 101)
  • Jadagrace Berry as Star
  • Terry Crews as Captain Jericho
  • Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor


First two parts are classic and the Terminator isn't the Terminator without Arnold Schwarzenegger - that are  facts. But if I shut my eyes to it I may say that the fourth installment isn't very bad. Good visual effects and music can make any action film exciting to just have fun.

As for acting, there's nothing outstanding but such performances as Christian Bale's John Connor, Sam Worthington's Marcus, Anton Yelchin's Kyle Reese, Moon Bloodgood's Blair Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard's Kate Connor seems quite fine.


Advantages
  • Christian Bale as John Connor
  • Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright
  • Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese
  • Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Serena Kogan/Skynet
  • Special effects
  • Music

Disadvantages
  • No Arnold Schwarzenegger (except his computer version)?

"Strangenesses"
  • People have become as merciless as machines are

Clue Moments
  • Saving Kyle Reese
  • Death


Soundtracks
  1. Danny Elfman - Opening
  2. Danny Elfman - All is lost
  3. Danny Elfman - Broadcast
  4. Danny Elfman - The harvester returns
  5. Danny Elfman - Freeside
  6. Danny Elfman - No plan
  7. Danny Elfman - Reveal (The escape)
  8. Danny Elfman - Hydrobot attack
  9. Danny Elfman - Farewell
  10. Danny Elfman - Marcus enters skynet
  11. Danny Elfman - A solution
  12. Danny Elfman - Serena
  13. Danny Elfman - Final confrontation
  14. Danny Elfman - Salvation
  15. Alice In Chains - Rooster


Quotations
* * *
John Connor: The devil's hands have been busy. What is it?
Kate Connor: It's real flesh and blood, though it seems to heal itself quickly. The heart is human and very powerful. The brain, too, but with a chip interface.
Marcus Wright: What have you done to me?
Kate Connor: It has a hybrid nervous system. One human cortex, one machine.
Marcus Wright: Blair, what have they done?
John Connor: Who built you?
Marcus Wright: My name is Marcus Wright.
John Connor: You think you're human?
Marcus Wright: I am human.
* * *
Marcus Wright: What day is it? What year?
Kyle Reese: 2018.
Marcus Wright: What happened here?
Kyle Reese: Judgment Day happened.
* * *
John Connor: You and me, we've been at war since before either of us even existed. You tried killing my mother, Sarah Connor. You killed my father, Kyle Reese. You will not kill me.
* * *
Kate Connor: What should I tell your men when they find out you're gone?
John Connor: I'll be back.
* * *
John Connor: Win or lose, this war ends tonight!
* * *
John Connor: Why'd you do it?
Blair Williams: I saw a man, not a machine.
* * *
Marcus Wright: So that's what death tastes like.
* * *
Marcus Wright: [Kyle is eating something] What is that?
Kyle Reese: Two day old coyote. It's better than three day old coyote.
* * *
Kyle Reese: You want to know the difference between us and machines? We bury our dead. But no one is coming to bury you.
* * *
Dr. Serena Kogan: Marcus. How are you?
Marcus Wright: Ask me in an hour.
* * *
You may see the trailer here.


Plot: 6/10
Entertainment: 7/10
Acting: 6/10
Originality: 9/10
Music and Sound: 7/10

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