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Terminator Salvation

2009 • 1h 55m •
Action Science Fiction Thriller
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.1/10
7,251 reviews
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Terminator Salvation

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

"The end begins."

Top Billed Cast

Christian Bale
Christian Bale
John Connor
Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington
Marcus Wright
Moon Bloodgood
Moon Bloodgood
Blair Williams
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Serena
Anton Yelchin
Anton Yelchin
Kyle Reese
Common
Common
Barnes
Zach McGowan
Zach McGowan
Soldier on Osprey
Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard
Kate Connor

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

A Anton2k Verified TMDB Critic
2012-07-24

What can I say about this movie, its amazing! full of explosions and action. The setting is slightly different than other terminator films but I like this new "survival" setting more so than the older terminators. Terminator 2 was and always will be my favourite terminator movie but this one sure comes close, defiantly my second favourite terminator movie.

There is only so much a review can tell you but this is a must watch movie for any one who has not seen it yet....

M Mas Manado Verified TMDB Critic
2012-11-03

worst of the terminator series...

J Jodie Verified TMDB Critic
2017-02-18

What can I say about Terminator Salvation? It's a decent addition to the Terminator series, but has major issues. Some would say that it is the worst of the series, but I disagree. T3 will always hold that top honor for me.

It was nice to see the return of Kyle Reeese. It was a different look at a character that was forgotten to quickly. John Connor was a bit stale and I wanted way from his character.

It was nice to see this future everyone spoke about in past films, Problem was this film felt darker than all the others, excluding T1. The first film was pretty dark but had a storyline ...

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic
2020-04-03

I know that even amongst the rocky track record of the _Terminator_franchise, _Terminator Salvation_ is not especially well-liked. I've always been a little bit of an outlier when it came to this series though; like everyone else, I know the first two are the only great ones, but to me, it's actually not _T2_ that stands at the top of the pile, but _The Terminator_, the first film. And since that first film, we've copped 5 new runs at a _Terminator_ movie. Out of all 5 of them, _Salvation_ is the only one that tried something different from the first one. Even the lofty success of _T2_ was gar...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2021-07-19

_**Wall-to-wall post-apocalyptic action needed more time to breathe**_

The first couple of Terminator films are easily two of the greatest sci-fi/action flicks in history. The problem with the third one, more than anything else, was that it was largely just more of the same; and you can only recycle the same plot so many times before it gets stale. This explains the filmmakers’ decision to set this fourth installment (2009) in the post-apocalyptic future where the machine-controlled Skynet is at war with the surviving humans, otherwise known as The Resistance.

A few characters from the...