Motto: Sarah Connor: I am no longer the Virgin Mary, Mexico save the world!
Genre of the film: fantastic action movie, drama
The cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, films: The Terminator, Red Heat, Remember Everything, True Lies, Batman and Robin, etc. as the T-800 Terminator;
Linda Hamilton, films: Terminator, Terminator 2, King Kong Lives, Dante Peak, Beauty and the Beast, etc. as Sarah Connor;
Mackenzie Davis, films: Friendship and No Sex?, This Awkward Moment, The Martian, Blade Runner 2049, Stop and Burn, etc. as Grace (a cybernetic organism) from the future
Natalia Reyes, films: “Bermudez”, “Cumbia ninja”, “2091”, “Rose Seller”, “Gang: War and Peace”, etc. as Dani Ramos (future John Connor);
Gabriel Luna, films: “Evil City”, “Bernie”, “All I Have”, “Sauce”, “Trans Pecos”, etc. as the terminator of Rev-9.
This team played the main roles, especially since this film is positioned as a continuation of the film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” the presence of such actors as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton is mandatory.
The idea of a fantastic film about Terminators appeared during the Cold War, when the superpowers of the United States and the USSR were opposed. Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor carried the cross of the Virgin Mary, the mother of God, the future savior of the world, resistance leader John Connor. Terminator 2: Judgment Day was a true “peacemaker” who characterized the end of the Cold War.
Over the course of history, new films have appeared, which can be judged by the political situation in the United States, such as the film Terminator 3: The uprising of the machines marked the destruction of the existing world “order” and the United States without UN sanctions begins a second war in Iraq, Linda Hamilton actively criticizes at that time the creators of the film for rekindling the fire of war and refuses to star in this film, as in subsequent adaptations of the franchise “Terminator”.
But here came new “interesting times” in the United States, new threats to the country’s residents, in connection with the conclusion of the NAFTA trade agreement (free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada), the United States almost lost its own automotive industry, as manufacturers moved the bulk of production to Mexico and Canada, and in the US city of Detroit — burning fires.
The automobile industry in the United States is their symbol, as is the war on cars in Terminator films. The issue of Mexican refugees became acute, the authorities of the country began construction of a wall on the border with Mexico.
The action of the film “Terminator: Dark Fate” is transferred to Mexico, where all the events actually occur, the scenes are filmed at the car factory and in the border zone on the US-Mexico border, and the main characters, the future “saviors of the world” and the new terminator are Mexicans.
The creators of the film, namely the screenwriters David Goyer, Justin Rhodes, Billy Ray, showed the American society modern problems, the main narrative of which is the displacement of high-tech industries in Mexico and as a consequence the emergence of resistance in the fight against machines in the future, the death of John Connor the leader of the resistance is identified with the destruction of the US state.
To implement this scenario, director Tim Miller, a visual effects specialist, was invited, as it is for this work that special effects and spectacular shootouts are important, which Tim Miller perfectly implemented in his first film Deadpool. Tim Miller has only two films, including this film, so it is difficult to analyze his work, but the film traces the same directorial staging techniques with his other film, namely:
Shootouts and car chases on a highway bridge are similar to the movie Deadpool.
The most striking episode of the film: where Sarah Connor says that she is no longer the Virgin Mary.
Similar actions of different actors in different episodes: in this picture are not visible.
Conclusion: the film narrates about the problems of modern American society, now came the “harsh times” for the United States and the world to save no time, Sarah Connor has resigned “duties” The Virgin Mary, the “care” for the salvation of the World is entrusted to the culprit of troubles – the Mexicans.
With respect,
The film Terminator: Dark Fate could be considered the best film since the second terminator “Judgment Day”, if not for the play of some actors and the desire of the writers to play previously successful roles.
Actress Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor) is simply not believable. The whole game of the actress is built on some pathos and not plausibility. One scene only in the hotel when Sarah Conor meets Grace (McKenzie Davis) clearly shows that the scene is not plausible and more annoying boasting and arrogance about herself.
Leaving the negative moments of similar scenes, it is possible to note a good game of Gabriel Luna (Terminator Rev-9), the actor did not perform poorly in the role of a new killing machine. Minimum facial expressions and only cold eyes of the killer. The new Terminator is a great move, it looks very cool combining essentially two cars, for this you can really praise.
The very image of Grace, as a man whose future was battered by a war of machines and people, can be considered successful, but the devices left much to be desired. If the devices made her cooler, she would look better. But it's more of a pickle than a negative review.
The game of Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, as well as Linda Hamilton, as previously affected, is only a pathetic move to attract viewers more, and the model of the terminator played by Arnold Schwarzenegger is time to forget.
The film itself is filled with good special effects and pleases the eyes of computer graphics. The film is still stretched and in places I want it to end, there is something to praise the script, but there are few such moments.
In principle, the film is worth watching, but spending money on watching in the theater is not justified.
This is a great action from director Tim Miller. I liked the film for its dynamism and its intriguing plot. In the film there are references to the first parts of “Terminator”. The film has a very dynamic picture. I really liked the jokes from Karl (Arnold Schwarzenegger). The film has everything: fighting girls, and a powerful killer, and jokes in the style of militarism, and Sarah Connor. Of course, some viewers will call the film female, but I think, “Images of strong women are relevant today.” Sarah Connor (played by Linda Hamilton) is a true hunter. The film gives a philosophical load. There must be meaning everywhere.
Arnold Schwarzenegger did great. He did his part well. This power of the model in comparison with the terminator "Legion", chicly shown. The power of the T-800 is contrasted by Grace (played by Mackenzie Davis). Producer James Cameron rightly bet on classic battle scenes. The weapons, battle scenes, the female highlight of the film - it all fits perfectly into the plot. There are also many Mexicans in the film. This has to do with the political situation in the United States. I believe that the Mexican heroine Danny Ramos gave the taste of the film, made it more refined.
The film is very dynamic. It's a very chic action with super special effects. The female trio is magnificently played. A strong woman is the main trend of cinema of the 21st century. The T-800 is powerful, but a model without a target cannot exist (Schwarzenegger showed it well).
Strong women, emigrants, the meaning of life are all the philosophical stuffing of the film. The killer robot shows what humanity’s technology can reach. The film is very technological and perfect.
It’s no secret that “Terminator: Dark Fate” was announced by the creators as a canonical return to the James Cameron dilogy, and all other series, starting with “Rise of the Machines”, are like a side effect. But Cameron (by the way, who praised Genesis) clearly forgot that where he personally puts an end, as in the case of Aliens, the sequels stubbornly do not want to take root due to the complete exhaustion of the topic. Well, “Dark Fate”, directed by Tim Miller (“Deadpool”), again turned the audience around a finger, just playing Cameron’s name on the list of producers and writers, as well as on the nostalgia of fans of “Doomsday” – this movie, which recklessly inflated almost $ 200 million, turned out to be another reworking of the old clichés of the franchise, characterized only by an expanded set of special effects and exceeding all reasonable limits the number of fashionable social trends.
I do not want to spoil much, but the film begins with a total zeroing of the story of John Connor, thereby “Dark Fate” in its desire to ignore the third, fourth and fifth series with one clumsy stroke of the pen, the grief playwrights put an end to the first two films at the same time. Already for this depreciation they wanted to tear their hands off, but all right, let's see what's next. And then here’s what: the replaced artificial intelligence “Skynet” a certain “Legion” treats the people and the Resistance sends into the past robotic boy-baba Grace (strongly resembling the lesbian version of Robin Wright McKenzie Davis) in order to protect the Mexican Dani, which is a value for the human family more important than unhappy John. The Latin Terminator is trying to kill the girl, and since the dude is maximally indestructible, the elderly Sarah Connor and no less elderly Arnie are awkwardly introduced into the plot in the role of a cyborg T-800, who has got a family named Karl (!) and a cover in the form of sewing curtains. Yeah.
So, before us is nothing but a remake of “Judgment Day”, but without detailed, thoughtful Cameron’s drama, voluminous characters and a great balance between a fascinatingly built narrative and spectacular episodes. What appeared was a raw and uncooked scenario, a shaft of updated special effects, somewhat monotonous, but incessant action, gender castling and a truly servile admiration of the creators for politically correct trends. As for aggressive feminism and zombification by anti-harassment movements such as MeToo, everything is quite obvious here: on the screen, everything is strong and independent, you can not look at the charms of which, as Grace menacingly declares, without permission (just her combat abilities leave much to be desired), and Sarah Connor is generally present in the plot only as a visual justification for raising the retirement age. But the piggy bank of inclusivity is constantly replenished by another “actual” – the hardships of the lives of migrants and ordinary Mexicans (“prisoners” of illegal immigrants should be correctly called “detained”), from which the States are about to fence themselves with a wall. Even the main villain represents the aforementioned ethnic group - although it looks depressingly faceless and completely uncharismatic, even his attempts to joke and imitate emotions do not save the situation, as well as the authors pedaling nostalgic notes in the hearts of fans.
Regarding the technical level, here, oddly enough, Miller’s picture is inferior to the “Judgment Day”, in which computer graphics were used portionly, and the chases were built extremely realistically – remember the luxurious scene of the pursuit of a truck by a helicopter. In the novel, even banal jumps of heroes are performed against the background of chromakey, the plastic of movements is digitized, the minimum of physical special effects, the maximum of computer rendering. To be fair, I must say that as a director of a thoughtless popcorn action movie, Miller copes with the task well: there is a lot of drive, movement, juicy shots and quite good moments in the picture. But by and large, this is only an expensive fuss, which, in the absence of fresh ideas, works exclusively on perception by inertia, without the slightest comprehension, and begins to tire very much to the finale, predictable as the fairy tale about Kolobka, and an overabundance of opportunism is able to destroy any cinema, like Skynet humanity - or, as it should be called, Legion. Thank you for not being a Legion.
The best thing that happened to the Terminator is the time of the doomsday.
The main claims to the film: female composition and secondary. Could anything have changed? Dilute the women's team and thereby reduce the degree of negativity? Sure. Take Sarah Connor out of the equation. That is, at a crucial moment on the highway from the bazooka smeared not her, but... elderly Arnie, but then the dramatic rod disappears.
Replacing Mackenzie Davis with a new Michael Bean is also not an option, as there is inevitably a romantic component. It's not about feminism. Not a word about secondary.
When you want to scold the Dark Fate, I recommend you to remember (no, not Genesis), and the third Mummy, the second Speed or, God forbid, the fifth Die Hard. Regular attempts to revive the franchise serve one very important function: they save it from oblivion. Of course, today’s 30-year-olds, 40-year-olds will be remembered and honored, there are no questions, but the box office is collected not by them, but by teenagers who, after watching Genesis, even the Dark Principles, will want to see how it all began there.
If this reason seems far-fetched to someone, I advise you to estimate the prospects of releasing today, say, Lethal Weapon 5. Does anyone need it (except 30-somethings, 40-year-olds who don't make a cash register). No, you don't. Neither with the elderly Rigs and Murtau struggling with bandits, arthritis and gout, nor with the transfer of the baton to the young and daring. For the same reason, the prospects of a fifth Indiana Jones are serious concerns.
Miller and Cameron did everything they could. They didn't repeat everything word for word in T3. Yes, T6 is a chase movie again, but that’s the law of the franchise. They didn’t overload the film with events until the end and didn’t deal with the plot holes (T5). And they did not deviate much from the canon (T4), thereby turning the film simply into a good post-apocalyptic action movie, which for some reason was woven with the Terminator in the title.
This, by the way, concerns the question of secondaryness... from which it is also impossible to get rid of without violating the canon. And T4 confirms this as well as possible.
The story, according to many, should have ended after the famous “like” T-800 at a steel mill. I was wrong.
I naively thought that having had an “infantile disease” called Genesis, the story would reach a new level and put an end to this orgy. The producers do not want to destroy Frankenstein. We will dwell in more detail on the minuses, because I did not see the advantages at all.
1. Feminism triumphs. Brutal men are no longer in the center of the shot. I'm talking about Grace's new heroine, whose origin is unclear. But apparently took some magical doping of the future.
2. A faint Sarah Connor - no game. I never understood her role. Probably for spectacular 'I'll be back'
3. The same faint main "Joana Connor" played by Mexican chick-bonita Daniela Ramos. Absolutely flat role and ersatz queen. John Connor changed gender and nation. The trend of recent years.
4. Old Schwartz is now an honorary pensioner of the Resistance's internal affairs, fought and has now retired. Got a family, has a curtain-making firm. I wouldn’t be surprised if his name was Carlos and he wore a sombrero.
5. The main evil. Traditionally, it has the serial number Rev-9. As empty as Lee Byung-hon's hero in Genesis. Absolutely not terrible and only knows how to blow his cheeks and grin sinisterly. Robert Patrick furiously facespalmite.
6. A complete change of idea: there is no Skynet now and his name is Legion! That’s just the creators did not bother to explain how he appeared and was destroyed Skynet, because the logic of the film is an alternative to Skynet? Again, there is no backstory, and she is like a gopher, you do not see and he is everything! This is what the writer of this book tells us.
It is the latter that turns the whole story upside down from the point of view of quadrology, except, of course, “Let the savior come.” In general, as I read, this part is conceived as a spin-off and has nothing to do with the “main series”. The question is, why was Genesis needed? The whole story goes to hell. The answer probably we will never know, but most likely will get just another puff in the form of Terminator-7/8, etc.
Summarize. Genesis was bad at everything: actors, stupid acting, incomprehensible time jumps. But there at least the idea stood on the clay feet of that "Resistance" to Skynet led by John Connor, which created the appearance of a struggle for freedom.
This film broke the bottom: there is no more Togo Resistance, and the mother (now I will die with laughter) of this pack is destined to lead some little boy from the mountain, which is not even fit for the hero Eddie Furlong from Terminator 2. Well, not without the help of “strong-minded women” in the role of Grace.
And most importantly, an absolutely ridiculous story, born out of nowhere. How did Grace appear and why did she save the girl? Well, I watched all 5 parts can guess what I'm talking about, and the rest how? By the way, I read the original book “Judgment Day”, all the editorials of the script and it was so clear that even surprised that the film does not have this or that action, scene. Here, the cinema does not rely on that and just it is what it is. Bad.
I immediately apologize to all fans of the Terminator franchise and immediately clarify that this is my purely personal opinion, but my strength is no longer – honestly – what it is at all. I haven’t read a single comment here — not a single review — because I came over and ran to write. Old Arnold and old Conor - decided to retire to earn extra money or what? Or is it postponed for a funeral? So, Cameron, where were you looking? Looking at the book, see what? Watched, looked at the script and confused with the icon - all the hood?!? I didn't understand anything at all. How much can you bother already one, because - well, everything is already - the era is gone - the generation has gone - you need to change the concept - what kind of frog at all - they made a pancake all in a pile - like everything will suit everyone - no, what a pancake will arrange here - this is some sloping that turned out in the end.
Terminator — Schwartz — an old stump that kind of reprogrammed and acquired, and looked at humanity from the other side — complete nonsense — robots vacuum cleaners can only vacuum and can’t bake pancakes — that’s how the device is made — and there is no way to change it — even in the second terminator everything was explained. I consider the character in general superfluous here as not to twist - but even to twist - well, no way he does not fit in here.
Grace - OK - from 4 Terminator: let the savior come, took the idea - not bad - but not new - ml from 2009, and in the yard of 2019 - could and cooler devices to stuff - and background - in the end got just a remake of the first Terminator.
REV - 9 - that's certainly a good move - two water - straight Twix - but again - not new in either eye as liquid and t 800 already were. You guys have to calm down with this terminator. And the series was, and today there are 6 films, along with this miracle work. If you want to continue to work in the franchise, then you need to completely change the concept – well, look at the other side – why all the films are only unidirectional in this franchise?? Can I make a movie from the back?? No? ? ?
For example, how the Skynet evolved — how it was built — how it woke up and saw the world through a monitor — again, like Ultron in the Avengers — well, even more interesting is just an idea. And that'll give you more brainstorming. Imagine — he is in total darkness, like Castiel from the supernatural, woke up — everything is full of silence and darkness and he moves — and finds the light and starts to see one computer, then 2, 10 — already controls the network — begins to study the world — looks, flips through history, like Lilu in the 5th element, is horrified and comes to the conclusion that Agent Smith in the matrix (by the way, I always dreamed in my deep childhood that the matrix is the distant future of the Terminator — and somewhere in 2020 they connect — but the bitch is not fate — as we see), that earthlings and humanity in general are parasites. And so the story goes -- he's learning, he's finding and he's starting to destroy -- I'm certainly not a connoisseur -- but I think it would be great -- and he's going to connect with Part 3 of the franchise. We would at least see the process of Skynet formation. To do in three parts and in the finale of the third part to show how Skynet with humanity found a compromise and began to live together - because the cool guys have to cariphanize - for example, a comet flies to earth and the end will come and Skynet, including - this is like one of a million ideas for the continuation.
Ew, that's it. Thank you all for being free!!
I liked the movie. By the way, it is in vain that he crosses out and cancels the third and fourth. A lot of it has been taken. The movie is about Linda Hamiotton, not about Schwarzenegger.
Like many, I was lucky enough to see James Cameron’s original dilogy back in the early 90s. Movies looked in the same breath then and have become classics now. Gloomy, uncompromising, intimidating, atmospheric ' Terminator' only wins over the years. It perfectly conveys the atmosphere of the distant 80s, does not give a breath away for a second, and, without a doubt, Arnold Schwarzenegger played his best role in it. 'Terminator-2: Judgment Day' gives the universe created by James Cameron even greater scale, amazes with epic scope, fantastic special effects of Stan Winston, philosophical depth, the perfect soundtrack of Brad Fidel and impressive acting works of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong.
However, none of the subsequent sequels could be on a par with the dilogy, although ' Rise of the Machines' and ' Let the Savior Come' still not without a number of merits. So the return of James Cameron, albeit only as a producer and screenwriter & #39; the real third terminator & #39;, could not but thrill. So what happened in the end?
As a result, it turned out to be a bad dummy, borrowing a lot of moments from the previous three unsuccessful sequels. Story twist with John Connor - hello ' Rise of the Machines'. The idea of an improved soldier from the future - hello 'Savior' A lot of hello 'Genesis', ranging from Sarah Connor, who comes to the rescue of the heroes at the crucial moment of the battle with the Terminator, to a superrobot that effectively jumps out of a lying position.
Most of all in 'Dark Fate' annoying to cross out the message and meaning of the first two films, coupled with copying the storylines. Was John Connor the savior of humanity? In an age of feminism and political correctness, a white man cannot be the messiah. Now humanity will be led by a female illegal migrant from Mexico - hello to Trump. Kyle Reese came from the future to save Sarah? Shame, another white man. No, now to save the heroine will be a manlike Grace - hello to the movement 'mi Tu'. The question is, why did Kyle Reese sacrifice himself? No reason, no reason. What is the meaning of the Miles Dyson victim, explosion ' Cyberdine' why did the T-800 sink into molten metal? Yes, just so, in the future still evil ' Skynet' by name ' Legion' will enslave humanity, ' Judgment Day' only delayed - hello ' Rise of the Machines'.
' Dark Fate' - another popcorn blockbuster, devoid of soul and philosophical subtext of the original dilogy. It is even completely inferior in terms of special effects ' Rise of the Machines' on which the legendary Stan Winston worked. Here again ' Genesis' in pure form. Everything is flying, shooting, falling and exploding, and it’s all so carelessly drawn that one wonders where the $185 million went?
But there is Arnie in the role of the T-800, which is now not 'Paps', and 'Karl' Apparently, Arnie has long made no difference whether to play in the sequel 'Judgment Day', the restart of the franchise, or an alternative sequel 'Judgment Day'. Now his character masterfully knows how to change diapers, great jokes, and he now does not work on a construction site, but sews curtains! It is not necessary to ask how he distinguishes the colors of tissues, if he sees everything in the red spectrum. Do not ask how he lives in the family, and the family does not notice that he never eats or sleeps.
But there's nothing to ask. It is a shame only for Linda Hamilton, who still got into the most unfortunate both creatively and commercially sequel. To sum up: commercial failure ' Dark Fates' puts an end to another unrealized trilogy. And most likely, on 'Terminator' in general. There is hardly a studio that wants to take a loss on stories about robots traveling through time. Now the perfectly finished dilogy has the storyline 'The Savior' which breaks, the storyline 'Genesis' which breaks, the storyline ' Dark Destinies' which breaks ' and the storyline of the series 'The Sarah Connor Chronicles' which also breaks. All stories are not connected, and none will ever be continued.
Indeed, 'Dark Fate'.
In an insatiable desire to break the jackpot in the form of good box office, the modern filmmaker ceased to disdain anything at all. There's nothing holy left.
And so, in another failed attempt to breathe new life into one of the best science fiction films of the 20th century, the unsurpassed Terminator (concerning the films of 1984 and 1991 release), we see only a miserable hint of the former greatness of this work. Well, you can not repeatedly torment an already finished plot and try to create, at least, something similar.
After the release of the film in 1991, the viewer is presented with the fourth version of the sequel. The premiere passes, then a little time, and the assessments and opinions of the creators, critics, viewers, and the actors themselves begin to appear, who unanimously declare that something went wrong in the next film. Production of a new picture begins, distributors offer to sweep away and forget the previous “products”, as if they did not exist at all, and focus on the upcoming film. But each time they find the same "robbers" and confidently step on them.
I think it's time to leave this story alone! Despite some nuances and subtleties, the scenario of the “sixth” part is largely copied from the second – the same order of events, the message, dramatic fragments, the same technique used, etc., etc. There is no emotional connection to classical dilogy. And the abundance of action and entertainment could not come close to “modest” by today’s standards, but such memorable, unique and advanced special effects of “Doomsday”.
What to twist the soul, the wretched desire to lure the viewer into "Dark Fate" by attracting the aging Schwarzenegger and Hamilton caused only a grin and disappointment. In the words of filmmakers: “The Savior has not come.”
So maybe stop remaking what has rightfully become a masterpiece of fantastic and world cinema! Leave the Terminator alone!
I don’t even know what could contribute to my trip to this film – apparently, the hope to see a really interesting action movie with Schwarzenegger, although Linda Hamilton in the trailer did not inspire much trust, old age is not for people, this is a fact.
But the faceless play of the main character, which seemed to replace John Conor, at the very beginning of the film questioned the enjoyment of watching. And the fae's premonition was confirmed. Epic fail. On all fronts.
Terminator-villain outwardly interesting, but as a machine-killer from the future - some ridiculous. Robert Patrick's Terminator is a head taller, though 27 years older. I did not leave the thought, why with such modern technologies is removed absolutely illogical in the plot and primitive special effects film?
A kind terminator in the face of a testosterone lady, which can be quite confused with androgyn, perhaps partially saved the picture, but also lacked neither play nor depth, and the questionable health of the lady in some places annoyed - absurd.
One cannot but note the political correctness of this film - colored, elderly, feminists, feminists of color, elderly feminists, androgynous version of the Terminator-Fam - perhaps there was not enough black-gay for the fullness of the air. But it's all lyrics.
The militant himself is a solid deuce, zero drama, dialogue is primitive and empty. Scenes of chase and fight - at the level of kindergarten. By the ears of Schwarzenegger. Why are you there? Who are you? How could he, who was the star of the first two films, agree to this? The question is rhetorical.
Fars. An unsuccessful compilation of all previous parts. I don’t recommend watching it.
Sitting down, enjoying the second part. Mega-hit. History. That's how you make a movie.
The hidden meaning of the film “Terminator: Dark Fate”
It is said that great works of art become great because they are multilayered, contain several meanings within themselves. The first is on the surface, the second is deeper, the third is in the epicenter. It is not enough to give the viewer entertainment, you need to make him think.
"Terminator: Dark Fate" struck not only with special effects, acting and dramatic moments, it also surprised by the hidden meaning hidden behind the outer shell of exciting action. The film restarted the franchise, forgetting about the doomsday, erasing from memory the hero - the savior John Connor, around whose personality all the other five pictures of the cinematic universe were built, as well as the supercomputer Skynet, who decided to destroy humanity.
Skynet was a program that recognized itself as a person, disillusioned with people and considered them a threat to itself. But he could not deviate from human logic and began to kill ordinary and simple - throwing a nuclear bomb on the flesh and blood creatures he hated. This is an echo of the Cold War, the fear of which reached its climax during the “Star Wars” declared by US President Ronald Reagan. Skynet operated within the framework of this paradigm of the eighties: trying to exterminate people physically, he created robot machines similar to humans, brutal killers who do not know mercy.
Essentially, defeat was predetermined initially, because by engaging its enemy in open combat, the program underestimated the emotional power of people united in the face of the threat of global annihilation.
Trying to cling to the last chance, the program sent into the past its favorite, the brainchild, a flexible replicator made of liquid metal T-1000. She hoped that, if not in this, then in a parallel timeline, she would cope with tenacious beings who refuse to surrender to the mercy of the highest form of reason.
Strictly speaking, it was Skynet that created Legion, but it is unlikely that Skynet would like the result. The supercomputer believed that by killing John Connor, it would cope with those who followed him, but did not take into account the fact that people can act unpredictable and boldly.
Sarah Connor changed the future by destroying not CyberDine Systems, but the human drive for rampant progress, forgetting about the defense mechanisms. After Terminator 2, the development of artificial intelligence in the fictional universe took a different path, taking into account the trial and error of both the past and the not-coming.
The new Skynet became an ideal organism, developing like the Earth’s biosphere, evolving and changing. Unlike his predecessor, he could think outside the box and creatively. It seemed that its creators had foreseen everything, but the world is complex and diverse, and sometimes elements of chaos arrange terrible consequences. It turned out that, like representatives of wildlife, Legion is able to mutate, deviate from the norm, go crazy. At one of the stages of its development, unable to withstand the load on the latest neuroprocessors, unable to digest a rabid amount of information and mutually exclusive prohibitions, he turned into a computer schizophrenic, a program that went off the rails.
Symbolically, the name of the new villain in the Terminator universe is Legion. In February 2017, the TV series of the same name was released, the plot of which is that David Haller, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, struggled with his mental illness since adolescence, was in psychiatric hospitals for many years. Tormented by the splitting of his personality (each personality controls one side of his power), he tries to find a way to return to sanity. David has already decided to give up, but everything changes when he meets the girl of his dreams. David Haller is Legion, a character appearing in Marvel comics. He suffers from several severe mental illnesses, including a form of dissociative personality disorder, and each of his personalities controls one of his many superpowers.
If you look at the footage in the movie where the Rev-9 splits, the liquid and solid parts are not solid machines. They cannot be too far apart, they do not act at the same time, and even the eye becomes wandering and looking into the void. This is because the two separate pieces of the new terminator are not a whole but a split personality, like a schizophrenic person who generates delusions and hallucinations, but who sincerely considers himself fully adequate and healthy. When a polymorphic alloy dies in the finale of Dark Fate, the Rev-9 endoskeleton becomes weak and cannot cope even with Dani Ramos, a girl who is completely unprepared for such a battle. Yes, he is still strong and continues to perform the task, but he lacks the alter ego, along with the polyalloy he lost part of his electronic soul. So Legion created the perfect killer, because a crazy enemy is much more terrible than an adequate enemy, because you do not know what to expect from him. Grace in the film says that they don’t fight Rev-9. The new Terminator even moves like an animal when it needs to. The Rev-7 is a monster-like animal. The black frames of mad killers and the squeezing mass flowing from them, simultaneously resembling oil, tar, tar and slime from Prometheus, even looks unhealthy. The hollow endoskeleton Rev-9 further highlights the morbid nature of the terminator. Unlike the children of the Legion, the versatile soldier Grace and the old T-800 Carl are healthy individuals who rely on their emotions, life experiences and empathy. Despite the “pumping” and various lotions, they do not lose the human essence and sympathy of the audience.
The Legion did not wage open war on the people, it decided to deprive them of everything they had created, to destroy human civilization not from without, but from within. He himself became flawed, and decided to make his opponent flawed. And this is the hidden idea of the film, not noticeable against the background of a bright chase and bold technical solutions. It really is something new, in tune with the modern paranoid world, drowning in pornography, violence, tolerance and hypocrisy. Unlike the light “Terminator: Genesis”, shot in a postmodern vein, using elements of various styles and trends of the past, bringing them to the absurd and ridiculing, “Dark Fate” is difficult to perceive cinema, is a representative of the new modernism, a sign of which can be considered a break with the previous artistic tradition, the desire for the new, the convention of style and the continuous renewal of artistic forms. Contrary to the common misconception of some critics and a small group of fans, “Dark Fate” is just a new movie that does not repeat the previous one, although it is a remake of it. Like 1982’s The Thing and 1986’s The Fly, the 1951 and 1958 remakes are a radically different creation that has reached a new level of perception. And that is why cinema is so highly rated and so appreciated among fans of the Terminator universe - it shows real problems of society, and not contrived, as, for example, in Genesis. The double meaning of Dark Fates does not lie on the surface, but it does not become less interesting and impressive. For this reason, Terminator 6 will be a masterpiece for all time, although now many do not realize its greatness.
10 out of 10
The whole situation with ' series ' called ' Terminator' looks very strange. Schizophrenic Spider-Man movies immediately come to mind. There, too, they first filmed one story, then began to shoot a completely different story about the same. No one cares about the audience or their perception. People want to use a well-known brand and make money from it. The rest is not very interested in the producers of such content. And among the audience there are those who walk and watch - the ninth film about the same: even though the characters are different, and the stories are repeated with slight variations, let these or other components of the film be shuffled as they get, and chronologically the stories can contradict each other. Someone, for example, from the audience could not watch previous films and for him what he sees, all again and looks normal.
But I saw the Terminators, and for me, this movie seemed ambiguous even before watching it. After and during viewing, misunderstanding was one of the main feelings I experienced. And this misunderstanding is not the property that motivates you to look for answers, understand the nuances and engage in intellectual work. This is a misunderstanding with the taste of bewilderment.
I was trying to figure out who it was made for. And already at this stage there is a void. If this film is made for a new generation of viewers who do not know about the early films, then why do they even need a new "Terminator" & #39; why do they need Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton? They probably have their own heroes. How can these actors attract new viewers?
If the authors wanted to make a film for people who knew the subject, what about films from the third to the fifth? Creators need to understand that we are not machines and cannot cut out the part of the brain and memory where information about previous movies is stored. Or can we be watching a movie set in parallel reality? In general, already in this place there is some incomprehensible irritation to this situation.
The lack of a film makes it unspecific. Fans of the first films from the very beginning become witnesses as the basic concept ' Terminators' shamelessly devalued. And that happens throughout the film. The situation is particularly depressing.
This can be seen in the finer details, the most catchy of which is the spectacle scene; this can also be seen from serious scenario moves, which would be wrong to talk about. There’s a feeling that people who liked the first movies get a little laughed at, as if to say to them: ' Guys, it’s just a movie, and you’ve been hanging around with your Terminator idea all your life. Forget it and move on. That Terminator is gone, and never was.39 In principle, it may be true, but why should we talk about it while watching a new film about the same 'terminator'? But is he the one? Actually, no. He's not the one.
The main characters of the film are women. Hollywood is soaked in feminism and it's getting sick. There are women everywhere... and Mexicans. What is it? Is America a country of Mexicans and women? It is difficult to argue on this topic without knowing the details and behind the scenes, but the trend is obvious. In general, our heroes Schwarzenegger and Hamilton are not particularly busy in this film. Although Sarah Connor was given a significant role in the plot, she is superfluous here. In this film, the characters of Hamilton and Schwarzenegger are present only to increase the box office - the story could be told without loss and without the participation of these characters. And it's frustrating. Should we show 'Terminator' where there is no Terminator?
The whole situation is like slugging and slugging. When they promise you one thing and show you another. You come to look at Arnold, and you are shown unknown girls: one plays the role of symbolic John Connor, and the second plays the role of her protector. But both are not very interesting to the viewer. Not to mention that we have seen this more than once in previous films.
This is a good way to talk about the Terminator. It seems to me that the often mentioned word 'franchise' is not suitable for the series of these films, since one can say that the main ones were the first two films. I will say that I personally like the third one, although I have heard the point that it does not fit into the general story. I am not talking about the fourth and fifth parts. The first and second films were revolutionary. The stories they told were serious, innovative and, to some extent, philosophical. There were strong heroes and great shooting. This is the reason why the first and second films became iconic. But, in fact, it could have ended there. Although, I repeat, I personally like the third film, but still it is more of a repetition of the material passed - a clone, if you will.
How to deal with this movie 'The Terminator. Dark Fate, which, on the one hand, copies the models of past films, but at the same time breaks the whole concept, is unclear and, most likely, no way.
Unfortunately, to go to the details does not give the system of limitations of film search duration. I have to finish it now.
The first "Terminator" was a noir thriller with an admixture of an epic action movie. The second successfully continued the series, turning into a revolutionary blockbuster. The third successfully destroyed what was, but not yet completely destroyed the merits of the franchise. The fourth tried to bring something new, but in the end brought only a bunch of problems, becoming, in fact, the fifth wheel of the cart. The film at number five was so bad that even the previous two films began to seem almost masterpieces of production. The level of script delirium went so high that any sequel in principle could not get worse - such a blatant ugliness was happening on the screen. And now, according to the law of the genre, to sum up everything with the phrase “it could not be worse, but, nevertheless, it became”, but this would not be entirely fair in relation to Tim Miller and his creation.
Perhaps the main problem of the new Terminator is the first ten minutes of the film, where a scene takes place that conflicts with Cameron’s dilogy. But is it really that bad? The answer is no. The franchise simply needed a new round. It is impossible to endlessly murmur the subject of the attempted murder of John Connor. Moreover, the proposed version does not negate the events of the first films, but only gives a new direction. And here it seemed for a second that the film would boldly lay new tracks and unleash its feminist express, expanding borders and opening new territories. However, it was only a fleeting vision, after which the viewer again sees the same broken trough and grieving old woman. The plot tries to diligently follow a well-known route, and on the one hand, a minimum of innovations brings the tape closer to Cameron's films, but at the same time makes it completely secondary. Miller does not offer anything drastically new, and in fact we have the same equation only with other variables. Some of these variables are clearly missing. The author of “Deadpool” made a serious miscalculation, inviting a little-known Colombian actress to the role of the main character. Strained emotions, indifferent facial expression and picture pathos make her a worthy rival to Brie Larson in the battle for the worst female role in an epic blockbuster. Against this background, Linda Hamilton looks like a real mastodon of her business. Her old woman, Sarah, has not lost her charisma and even when she is old, she famously fights back against any enemy, whether he is a cyborg or a person. Mackenzie Davis clearly took the example from her, not from the Colombian "stool". Acting as a modified Kyle Reese, she pretty well got used to the image of the defender. She wants to believe and empathize. If the authors even bothered to prescribe normal dialogues to the entire guard, the film could well step up a notch. And so we have what we have, and therefore we have to listen to skirmishes in style - come with me, a cyborg chases you, followed by - OK, only a spout of powder.
In general, the level of performance of the film is floundering somewhere at the level of the third part, but who would have thought that in this situation it would sound like a compliment. After the glamorously dorky style of Genesis, replete with unnecessary gags, Dark Fate with its slight touch of gloom looks quite digestible. Although a couple of scenes still blows fantasies of Taylor and company. Dot curtains, as well as other tinsel, were clearly unnecessary, as was the entire line with the socialization of the T-800. In my head it is not easy to put, decompose and even more accept. It is clear that the director conveniently tied to the plot of the old Arnold, but the logic of this significantly suffered. In all aspects. However, it makes no sense to look for logic in this franchise, after all that it has experienced. You can only look for positive moments from the proposed attraction length in a bucket of burst corn. For example, the way Gabriel Luna became friends with the role of a mechanical killer. A really unknown Mexican guy got used to the image of a super cyborg. Of course, it makes no sense to compare his image with that of Patrick and Schwarzenegger, as the difference in class is visible to the naked eye, but his Rev-9 managed to inspire much-needed fear and threat. It is a pity that the authors failed to fully realize the potential of the indestructible machine, despite all the efforts of the Moon. All these lotions, even in combination, do not look as spectacular as one scene from Doomsday, where the T-1000 passes through the grille. That's a question for the director. With such a large budget, the visual range almost does not cause emotions - chewed and swallowed without universal "wow". Despite the fact that the action scenes in the film seem to be with excess: chases, battles on the ground, in the air and even under water, that’s just shown it’s all too clumsy. The camera constantly jumps, sometimes turning the created mess into illegible soap.
Is this a bad movie? More like it than not. This is a tasteless, colorless and essentially unnecessary continuation of the franchise, which is long overdue to leave alone. However, compared to what other directors have produced, Tim Miller’s film looks quite bearable. It is not full of plot stupidities, which abounded in the third part, it is much more spectacular than “Salveychen” and not so much goes against Cameron’s ideas, as does “Genesis”. The above is enough to be considered the best of the worst, but no more.
5 out of 10
And how it turned out to be... Watching the franchise continue left a deep scar on my heart. The first and second films were like a breath of air and almost a revelation, then the fight with Skynet acquired commercial scope in the film industry, but still held the bar, which retained interest and did not cause rejection. Even the series and that had the right to exist, at least because of Lina Headey and the plot, Genesis has already shown that it is time to slow down otherwise it turns out to run a pony in a circle, a bow to another Queen from Game of Thrones as Sarah Conner - Emilia Clark. But greed captivated the franchise holders and from the murky streams of profit were revealed “Dark Fate”.
Apparently, to attract the viewer returned "canonical" characters Arnold in the role of the T-800 and Linda Hamilton in the role of Sarah Conner. Like, these are old-school characters, but we have a full original in the movie. That's what I went to see. And I saw a designer from scenes where there is a lot of graphics, action, a set of stamps and absolutely no logic, meaning and ... the joy of meeting with old heroes. The plot is so indistinct that it is not necessary to think from the word at all. The movement and dialogue of the characters will cause a brain rupture, Sarah's phenomenon is "God from the machine" - since she is here, two - she is all smarter, three - everyone listens to her. An hour later, we see the T-800, which, apparently from living in the United States and watching their TV programs, was able to reprogram itself to family values and defend the gains of democracy. He'd better keep quiet and wear glasses or allusions and blah blah blah. The ending is so stupid and funny that no special effects saved it, as did the whole movie. And yes, the new semi-automatic terminator I did not look, could in the scenario provide charging from the socket, and not medical rehabilitation module.
I won’t talk about acting, old school’s was not impressed at all, the younger generation too.
The result of the viewing caused a fit of pity for himself, for the time spent, and for the creators - for destroying the perception of past films.
It should have been called Terminator: Judgment Day. Part 2"
With this franchise, I have the same thing I did with Star Wars — I only watched it in 2019. The first Terminator was a great action movie, but with medium special effects due to lack of budget. The second film I consider one of the best action films, there is a great plot, for 1991 excellent special effects, well, it makes no sense to praise the second film. Dark fates partially copy the plot of Doomsday, but in principle it was not a bad decision, as it was with the 7th episode of Star Wars. Doomsday came out 28 years ago, and the special effects have pretty much improved over the years. Although the action was not bad, well, it was beautiful too. In this, a new liquid Terminator called Rev-9 appears, which differs from the T-1000 only in that the liquid metal can exist separately from its exo-skeleton. Anyone who has watched at least the trailer knows that in the film appears everyone’s favorite Terminator – Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose name is not Bob, but Karl! Carl! Karl! In this film also appears Sarah, who in my opinion is spelled out here better than all the others, joked well and looked funny crazy killer Terminator. The new heroine - Dani lacked development and at least some background. Although the new heroine Grace was pleased, although if you think about it, her behavior and actions coincide with the actions of Kyle from the first Terminator.
The main disadvantage of the film is that this film spits on the second Terminator and you will understand perfectly when you see this scene! Well, this is a partial copy of the Doomsday, which in some moments is a plus, and in some minus. The main character in comparison with other heroes is boring and the most uninteresting of the whole team.
Bottom line: this is a good movie, with good action and effects, with nostalgia for the return of old heroes, good jokes, a slightly repetitive plot, well, and good characters, assessment:
6.9 out of 10
P.S. I released the review late because it was disapproved twice and I had to rewrite it!
Half of the film I was looking at the screen, the other half – I imagined what a gorgeous review will take BadComedian. There are simply unrealistic numbers of liaps here, even compared to Genesis. I am not one of the self-righteous millennials who believe that the ideals and images of the past are hopelessly outdated. Because I remember the premiere of all the parts, starting with the second... and I somehow felt uncomfortable watching Dark Fate.
There is no point in discussing T1 and T2, but if the idea was lost in T3, then at least the entourage and special effects remained, if T4 was a film not related to Cameron’s creations, then at least a good film, if T5 became a self-parody of the first two parts, then at least pleased with references. T6 is a new Mexican series for feminists from the future.
It's weird to watch. The robot, sorry, the cyborg socialized and became an exemplary husband, grandmother Sarah Connor kills the Terminator a year, one or two times managing with a heavy bazooka (of course, shoots without recoil), the indestructible and super-effective REV-9 half-film smokes nowhere, a fully tuned human from the future can not live without a syringe with medicine, in short, a bluff on a bluff seasoned with tears.
This part is neither "good" nor "bad" - none. What is it? In some places, the acting game, in some places the graphics (in some places - otherwise just plasticine), in some places the speaker, which after a failure in the middle of the picture no longer turns on the new. There are interesting scenarios, but again in places. But epic was not left of the word “very much” (which helps the lack of at least some clear soundtrack), and therefore to inspect the T6 was already frankly boring – do not care what they will have.
The movie was over, everyone went home. I never knew what it was. It seems to be just a poorly designed fantasy melodrama of the middle hand. That's not what we expected from the Terminator. Indeed, great franchises sometimes have dark fates.
Quote: ' James Cameron refused to direct, because in his opinion, the story was completed in the second film. '
When did Skynet send another copy of the same model, programmed to kill John? If the resistance took over the portal and sent the T800 to protect John Connor.
After all, Skynet did not send 10 Terminators to the mission, but only one and then the portal captured resistance.
How was Skynet able to send the Terminator after so long?
Many wondered how Skynet could send Carl back in time three years after the Doomsday finale if Skynet was gone.
What bothers me more is how the alleged “fan sequel” spits in the face of the canon while licking and copying parts of it. In the finale, the characters calmly leave the corpses of two terminators at the bottom of the well - does Sarah not remember with what care it is necessary to destroy samples of future technologies in order not to bring the Doomsday closer?
Let's start with the understatement. So, nuclear war, the end of the world and Skynet were "abolished" in the second part. However, humanity has once again decided to invent an AI system called Legion. Why, who, what, why – not explained.
Terminators, despite the presence of new functions, and most importantly – a new creator, remained the same design. Why is not explained. The new REV-9 Terminator was nothing but a laugh. Especially the whole movie he was constantly beaten by everyone who was not lazy. Here's Robert Patrick in the T 1000, feared, feared throughout the film, run away.
At some point, it turns out that Terminators may have equivalents to human feelings. Yeah. An ideal killing machine created by a machine may have “human sense equivalents.” How - not explained.
How Terminators age in the film is also not told.
Cameron spoke about this in a separate interview.
Another funny parallel between the two good Arnolds is that in Judgment Day he had to manually activate the ability to learn by pulling out a chip, and Karl, it turns out, became kind and peaceful by himself, learned to live among people. Yes, attention to the canon
And let'2015 - Terminator Genesis' was not the best film in the universe, but still against the background of Terminator: Dark fates he didn't hit bottom. A Terminator: Dark Fates Broke to the Bottom.
So many plot holes, copying T1 and T2, feminization and just a blow to the real fans of this film. Terminator: Dark Fate is a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, but in fact 2003 - Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines looks much better, this subfilm.
In the film, we were not shown where the Terminator came from. Google the interview and read it yourself.
I'm Carl, I'm sewing curtains in polka dots, I realized what I've done and now I'm texting Sarah.
P.S. If this subfilm - Feminator - Dark Bottom! collects money, then we are waiting for a sequel, 2 more parts of the selected bottom.
By the way, it seems to me that James Cameron specially edited the script and did not appear on the set. To let Tim Miller kill his movie at the root.
That T1 and T2 remain the canon of this universe and the point in this story of Cameron.
I went to the movies and I don’t recommend it to anyone! Revisit Parts 1 and 2, which is much better.
Do you know the feeling of waiting so hard for something that you’re willing to forgive? It's about the new Terminator. To forgive the creators of this film is almost nothing.
If you try to explain all the plot nonsense in a nutshell and not 'spoiler', the heroine of Linda Hamilton, returns as a destroyer of robots terminators, a kind of elderly ' Rambo' who takes revenge on the ironworkers for himself, his broken life and all mankind. From the trailer you can see that the day of judgment, bypassed the mother of the earth. But people continue to build smart cars and send themselves to a new apocalypse. . .
After the doomsday fiasco, fans of the dilogy, and myself included, rightly hoped for James Cameron’s return (even to the producer’s chair). And at first everything was very good: cheerful trailers, a new title character, the return of veterans! But that is the problem of high expectations.
Turning everything upside down, it is absurd to roll into the abyss from the beginning of the film and does not slow down to the final credits, reaching truly giant sizes for the last fight. Without offering anything intelligible to the viewer, screenwriters and directors, absurdly try to integrate the aged heroes of Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger into the plot, attracting their appearance on the screen for the sake of box office and attracting fans of the first two parts.
I was indignant at the dialogue. Incompetent and template, in some episodes cause misunderstanding, smile and attention ... laughter! It's the Terminator, you exclaim, but as it is. And a person who prescribed the character of Sarah Conor and wrote her lines should be banned from working in the film industry.
The only bright spot is Mackenzie Davis. It is obvious that she is trying and can become a good actress of this genre. It is also worth noting the master of special effects, visually everything is very cool. But that's not enough for us, is it?
The inglorious end of the film legend of childhood, unfortunately.
4 out of 10
'Terminator: 'Dark Fate' failed. Why? High expectations? Old age? Trying to swear allegiance to a new generation and fashion? Gone time? Wrong team? Most likely, all together, and the good old fear: the fear of taking risks, betraying expectations, doing something else, the fear of not liking and not being like the too successful second part. Every body seeks peace. Cameron has forgotten how to take risks - he is now shooting 164th & #39; Avatar & #39; in the hope that they will repeat the success of the first film, and he will be able to think about nothing new for a decade. Cameron is a genius, but I don’t think that allows him to adequately assess what is happening with the ‘Terminator’ 39. Each of the sequelists ' Terminator' went to Cameron to bow, and when they come to you, breaking their hats, they say ' Here you did, please look, sir, suddenly it turned out?' You need to be just a heartless cracker not to praise the unfortunate filmmakers trying to reach your unsurpassed masterpiece.
But even when Cameron’s resolute ' was heard, it was a common lie, because, as we can see, Cameron himself could not offer anything new. He's cold to the franchise a long time ago, he doesn't need it. Of course, he blessed the new film, of course, pretended to be working on it. He assured me that everything was going according to plan. The truth is, he had no plan. He's not up to this hardware for a long time, he's now on Pandora with his 3-meter smurfs.
Hiding behind his name as a shield, the script room, led by David Goyer, again reworked ' T2', liking that writing a sequel, wrote a remake. Which proves once again that nothing can be done about this story. All. Period. Finish. We should forget about Schwartz, Linda, T-800 and saving the world, and go in the other direction altogether, or better not use the word ' Terminator' from which too much is expected. But, alas, while greedy fans and ghostly millions loom in the distance, nothing like this will happen.
Tim Miller's face is probably accidental. He shot a great 'Deadpool' but with 'Terminator' never found a common language, no matter what he said in the interview, it is obvious that he was just doing ordinary work - without spark, understanding, desire, love. In ' Terminator' there is no director's hand, there is the hand of a dull director, who somehow collected individual episodes into the film. Quite professional, but completely unimpressive and insensitive.
Hamilton and Schwarzenegger with old-fashioned squeak returned to the franchise. For what? For the fans. Just for them, my dear ones, so that we all broke to look at that T-800 and that Sarah Connor. Did you? How? Exactly! This movie is like a fifth leg dog. And without them, the flywheel of lies pro ' the return of the real terminator' and would not unwind.
They play well, both of them. But there are so many plot and logical holes in the script, and the characters are so poorly written (although, it would seem, what to prescribe here?) After all, there are two brilliant first parts, where both characters are perfectly revealed, that they are quite some new heroes and cause their presence more irritation than nostalgic warmth or admiration. Especially since they really almost do not move the plot, and if they move, then only into the abyss of general delirium occurring on the screen.
Replacing John Connor with Natalia Reyes is bad! Little Mexican girl pulls on the role of the savior of humanity about the same as the addict from 'T3'. Well, she has no leadership qualities, no charisma, and the scenes from the future where she seems to display them are too comical to believe. The new antagonist in Diego Luna is somewhat better, especially since he is much closer to the original idea of Cameron, who at first wanted Terminators to be no different from people and could easily mix with the crowd. But, first, apart from a couple of technical things, this robot is not much different from the Terminator, played by Robert Patrick, and, secondly, making the Terminator closer to the person, the filmmakers overdid, and he stopped creating any threat. Well, running, well, galloping, like always, when it comes to the case, starts to blunt or rant shamefully. There's no danger. There is no suspense or anxiety in the film. It is all so flat, not causing any reflection or participation.
The best part is Mackenzie Davis. The girl looks like Winona Ryder, only more militant. It's really interesting and I'd love to look at her story rather than turning her into a replica of Michael Bean.
The funniest thing is that the $185 million movie looks worse than its cheaper predecessors and even, ridiculously, worse than the first one! Yes, there is a lot of graphics, everything explodes, flies and twirls, but this tinkering is akin to the tinkering in ' Black Panther' and does not cause any emotions at all. In addition, the writers did not come up with anything, not a single lead, to somehow connect to the characters emotionally, begin to empathize with them, empathize with them.
BUT. It all makes sense in comparison. It is clear that it is impossible not to compare here, but still, if you remove all the love for the first two parts, the obligatory fan whining, then in the dry residue - a typical, illogical, but sometimes quite fascinating action movie of category B, which came out in the 90s, on the wave of success of the same 'Terminators' and 'Robocopov'. Yes, it is not ' The Terminator' yes, we have been lied again, but what if we want to be deceived and believe that ' The Terminator' can be revived? You can't. It's over, a drowning in molten metal. There is no point in waiting for something more than 'Terminator: Dark Fate' namely, a corpse dancing from electric discharges, full of jokes, newfangled ' actual ' the type of non-leading flirtations with the topic of illegal immigration and rampant feminization of the plot. Well, women will save us all. Amen. I don’t mind if they were strong, interesting, intelligent women, worthy of their mission, and not what we were shown.
In the end, it all depends not on the quality of the film, because quality is a standard one-dimensional action movie, quite watchable, but on how much you are a fan of the franchise, how ready to lie, whether you can completely abstract from what you once saw. So it turns out, each generation - a new remake of the second part. This one is no worse or better than what came out after Cameron’s films, and quite fits into this multi-voiced, erratic and voiceless retelling of the legend, a mad chorus of imitators. Even if this time among the imitators somehow stuck himself Cameron. Well, sometimes sweet lies are better than bitter truths. Well? Keep believing? Feeding a dead patient by convincing himself that he is just in a coma?
6 out of 10
I hardly expected this movie. Of course, the return of the rights to James Cameron and the fact that he had a hand in the creation of the film, at first inspired hope that finally we are waiting for a worthy sequel. But then there was no advertising campaign, terrible posters, trailers with bad counton. It seemed that even the creators scored on the film.
I must say at once that it is very cool when you don’t fanatical about anything to the extent that you zealously defend or anger something. So you can soberly evaluate what you watch, listen, etc. It’s also a hell of a good feeling when the movie is better than expected. And, of course, as you might have guessed, the haters will forgive me - this is the case.
I would like to talk first about what Hate is about. The first is graphics. Here I have to agree, in some places she is rusty-eyed. The first two films for their time were a kind of breakthrough in the field of special effects, and from the third part you expect, although not a breakthrough, but high-quality computer graphics, which in “Dark Fate”, unfortunately, is not.
The second is the promotion of feminism and, perhaps, attitudes towards third world countries. Of course, there is propaganda here, but it is far from enough that xenophobes can tear their hair out of rage. There are three strong women on the screen fighting the Terminator, and I think, why not? Besides, there is no so-called radical, aggressive feminism, there is no open hatred of men, why would anyone criticize this film? Next up, the girl the Terminator is chasing and who is important for the future, Dani Ramos is a Mexican. And? Are Americans the only ones who can save the world?
The third is copying previous films. Once again, the story of how an evil Terminator arrives from the future, who will try to kill the main character, and someone kind who will protect him. It’s probably worth trying to come up with something new that doesn’t come to mind as soon as you hear the word “terminator.” It is worth noting that the new film takes a little ideas from past unsuccessful sequels - but manages to take only the good. And since those films, as if they were not a canon now, I do not see anything wrong with this.
The fourth is characters. One can find fault with the fact that Dani Ramos, who is being chased by the Terminator, has no backstory. That’s just her prototype – Sarah Connor, who in the first film did not have a similar backstory. Dani shows what she is like now. And for this type of character in Terminator, it’s always been about how he’s going to change over the course of the action and who he’s going to be after, and there’s no problem with that. Grace, for whom Kyle Reese became the prototype, like the latter, has an adequate background from the future. The T-800, Model 101, as in Doomsday, was quite an interesting character. And in the change in the character of Sarah Connor is not surprising, if you remember how it really began “Dark Fate”.
And in the fifth, this is exactly what we need to talk about. Let’s call it “respect for the fans.” I won’t reveal exactly what was shown at the beginning of the film, but I will say that it can be quite annoying for fans of the franchise. I hope that after my words they will take this scene easier. Movies should not be made for the fans, nor for the money. In fact, this scene made me happy. Your courage or not.
Sixth is a lot of "nots." The terminator performed by Gabriel Luna, as seen in the trailers, has the ability to separate the outer shell from the endoskeleton in a fully working form - but does not use this. Actually, it does, but only for its intended purpose, namely for multitasking. In addition, he has other, more useful abilities, not to mention the fact that he actively and skillfully uses the technologies of the present – all this makes him a formidable opponent. Further, it does not explain where the new artificial intelligence came from instead of Skynet, which, as we remember, was destroyed in Judgment Day – that’s why these explanations are necessary. Sarah Connor’s phrase when she learns about this artificial intelligence – “These idiots learn nothing” – is enough! Of course, AI was once again created by humans in pursuit of power, money, the unknown, and so on. And by the way, for the most part, so for me, “Dark Fate” is the most logical option in comparison with previous attempts to continue “Judgment Day”.
Now let’s talk about what a good movie is. Its plot is simple and concise, and, importantly, logical, there are practically no holes in it. Action, although sometimes graphonic, but spectacular, the staging of battles is high-quality and sometimes inventive. The scene on the plane, although not original - this can be seen in any science fiction films - but in the "Terminators" it was definitely not, and it was done qualitatively. The characters are interesting and well-developed, and this is due not only to their similarity with the prototypes from the first films, there are unique features and differences. Acting inspires confidence. And I'm not talking about Linda Hamilton or Arnold Schwarzenegger, they're still organic in their usual ways. McKenzie Davis and Natalia Reyes as Grace and Dani Ramos, respectively, are emotional, or tough, weak, or strong when required by what's happening on the screen - well, I'll tell you, they're just beautiful. Gabriel Luna introduced us to the Terminator, which, when necessary, is able to show emotions to achieve the desired.
If you think about the disadvantages, I already described some at the beginning. I can add a few things that seemed ridiculous to me. For example, the T-800’s actions in the years leading up to the film – and the way he explains them is a bit twisted and strange, though perhaps that makes some sense to him, given that he’s not a human, but a machine. Also in the list of absurdities can be attributed and the very reason for what happened at the beginning of the film. It’s hard to talk about spoiler moments, but I think you’ll see what I mean by watching.
In conclusion, although this is probably already clear, I do not understand the hat in the direction of the film. This is a quality blockbuster, a spectacular action movie with a good dramatic component and pleasant characters. I think he's good enough and good enough to be part of the franchise. And yet, if you think about it, she hardly needs it.
7 out of 10
2.6 women + 2.8 cars + a thick layer of déjà vu + a few spoons of tar and the aroma of nostalgia
Since there were a lot of beeches, I will immediately say at the beginning: despite all the shortcomings of the script, including the repetition of what has already been passed, the movie still turned out to be a good NF fighter, quite worthy of his ancestors. Not brilliant, not roof-bearing, not original, but in general definitely better than 3-4-5 parts and deserving of flattering words.
After watching the trailers, it felt like Cameron had gone all the way to the Avatars, and here it doesn't even smell like it. And the new Terminator will be just another, fresh and unhelpful episode in the famous franchise - the technologists of the dream factory will once again knead the dough on old ingredients with a sweetness and skilllessly mold another fast food product.
Unpleasant reviews and low ratings allowed only to strengthen these thoughts and prompted to abandon the idea of going to the cinema to the Terminator, the first Doomsday field. But a combination of circumstances (and an inexhaustible craving for this cinematic universe) still led me to the cinema. Only in advance I had to pinch my nose and extinguish my brain to smooth out the expected unpleasant sensations from all that stale and bad-smelling, which was warned by critics.
I think it’s best to take this movie as a well-made freelance remake of Doomsday, pretending to be a sequel. Hence some of the pros and cons – a wacky and definitely secondary scenario, trying to connect old and new story. Including the completely unnecessary role of Schwarzenegger, in every sense. And his face is already full of edge, and the development of the storyline about humanizing the machine is not convincing, comical, and too much goes against the very spirit of the Terminator universe.
If it works, then, probably, it is worthwhile to abstract from the entire past history of the Terminators, forget about what happened before, and not think about what is happening now. And it is better to try to leave in the focus of perception only the canonical plot skeleton, hard and cold, with a minimum of semantic meat - for a weak and confused person came an inexorable and unrestrained machine (more precisely, one and a half)...
In the credit of the film are definitely technical embodiment and directing. As a fantastic action movie looks great, the action pleases the eye with both effectiveness and ingenuity. It is completely incomprehensible to lament that the budget of $ 200 million has disappeared, and second-rate CG climbs out of all the cracks. Sometimes, really, you get tired of action. The director managed, with all the problems of the script, to do his job - to place the actors in their places (Hamilton is perhaps the best), to make a boring film that does not slide into farce or primitivism, where there is a place for dramatic moments.
Impressions in the end turned out to be mixed, but the movie definitely left a good aftertaste and at times filled with the spirit of Cameron’s classics, giving the opportunity to be pleasantly nostalgic. This is similar to the first half hour of Genesis. Frankly speaking, despite the ambiguity and contradiction of this tape, it seems that for the first time in several years after watching I had a desire to go to the film a second time. And, honestly, it would be a pity if he failed at the box office and did not get a sequel. It would be interesting to see it.
[Plot] Just a bombastic beginning kills the overload with additional plots stretched for 2 hours, as well as habits for a weak dramatic component and not logical worldview of the characters.
Looks played, the spirit of the first parts left, as well as the stone face of Schwarzenegger. The cult franchise could not swing for reincarnation in a new form. Arnold will not be seen until the middle of the film, and he, as Terminator, has completely “humanized” over the years, which made me look surprised. The film is as depressing as the last Predator, and in many ways it is hard to contain yawning. The graphics in the film are average and the physics is dead in many ways. There is a lot of superfluous and far from reality in the film.
[Caste]: Arnold Schwarzenegger was not poorly preserved in his years, his character even added the makings of humor, and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Conor turned out to look like Karl Lagerfeld in the female version and military outfit. This grandmother looks stylish and fit, for this she has a separate respect, which cannot be said about the motivations and essence of her character. Mackenzie Davis and Natalia Reyes seem to look good, but again the game is very mediocre, as well as their characters.
The sound also did not stand out much - all the same as we saw in the previous parts.
James Cameron was a producer, not a director, because his handwriting is not in the film. The film was directed by Tim Miller. It turned out to be an average action movie of fiction, without any special claims to a decent movie. It will come once, and then only due to references to old parts and belonging to the cult franchise.
5 out of 10
Why Terminator, despite all the attempts, will not win an Oscar, is it true that this Terminator is the best after everything that has been since Part 3 of the franchise, and what is the overall impression of the film? I will describe in my review without spoilers below...
I remember an anecdote that appeared on the network after the release of the first trailer for the film Terminator Dark Fate. In short, he was like this:
The plot of the new terminator: Three feminists are trying to kill a Mexican under the guidance of the Governor of California. But Oscar won't. There is no black gay person in the film.
And here are jokes, but in every joke there is a bit of a joke. The rest, as you can see, is a harsh reality. The last (or last) Terminator was... Stupid. It's kind of a road-movie where strong women try to beat an unkillable man. Some of them are Mexican, but not a single black person. And here is the so imposed and stupid thought of all that is happening, glued to the mold of the first Terminator, only now in modern realities (well, plus the evil terminator is now somehow not killed at all almost to the very end, and then ...) that even the cheekbones are annoying.
And it seems that Cameron himself was closely engaged in the film, and Linda Hamilton returned to acting (and hell on her shoulders dragged the whole film, why she is not filmed or she is not filmed – it is absolutely unclear), and even Schwartz again plowed. And in the beginning, all the ends of any side stories after the second Terminator were so sharply cut off. It didn't work anyway. Following the principles and canons of modern Hollywood, killed the whole atmosphere of the film.
But at the same time, it is this Terminator that can be put on a kind of pedestal among all other Terminators on the 3rd place. With a stretch, but the film can still be seen in the theater 1 time. The plot is silly, but quite dynamic, there is a lot of action (Michael Bay, log in). Linda Hamilton is just gorgeous in the shot. Watching her acting is a real pleasure, a real fighting grandmother. That's great. But for all the other actors, it's a total miscast. Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna – do not fit into the images imposed on them by the script. No hits. Surprisingly, it's true. That’s why it’s so sad to see what’s happening on the screen. Like action, explosions and almost Transformers, and the fate of the heroes do not worry. For you know that Schwartz will die anyway, he dies in every part, it is already banal. And of the other cute characters, only the elderly Sarah Connor remains, who gives a light to all the characters around her combined.
And of course, a separate stupidity is the idea of socializing a machine (transformer) in the modern world. The floor of the hall sat in these moments with the expression on his face “WTF?!” That's the way it is.
The result is this. This Terminator is by far the best of the last two decades, but it can’t stand on a par with the first two films in the franchise. The best among the others, but by a huge margin from the first two prizes. Should I watch the movie? I'd recommend, just to see how old Sarah Connor gets hot. That's really cool. Everything else is wildly secondary, stupid and controversial. And the idea of an immortal, unkillable Terminator becoming mortal is so stupid that if it’s not beaten in Deadpool III, I’ll unsubscribe from Ryan Reynolds.
6 out of 10
I can call myself a fan of the Terminator dilogy: I was scared of the first film, looking at VHS, went to the movies on Judgment Day and then recorded it on a video when the sequel was played on TV (reviewed the director’s version already for DVD, read the novelization of both parts). I also didn’t accept the three sequels that followed, so I went to Dark Fate to see where the future fight franchise came from.
The first scene was to be shown in the middle of the film.
That we have a new target for Terminators - Dana, that's OK. Something similar has been shown in previous Terminator films. She is like Sarah Connor in 1984, a fitting backdrop, a fitting analogy to the maturing confrontation between machines and humans now, in our own time. But I don't know why she is. After all, John was raised by Sarah, by the age of 10 he was a hacker, knew how to handle weapons, that is, he had the skills to survive in a future war with machines. Dana doesn't have any. Grace, the new protector from the future, teaches her nothing. Sarah and Arnold's character, too. If Sarah, at the end of the first Terminator, drags Kyle to escape the Terminator, then Dana remains the same cute Mexican girl, nothing more.
Grace - a super soldier from the future, aimed at protecting Dana - at least looks like the man who spent his youth in the post-apocalypse: she is skinny, not feminine, her body is covered with scars. It's not Jai Courtney, a greasy swagger from 2029, as if he had climbed out of the locker room of a sports club. But if you ask me, do I remember the character? I'll say no. Although she had very interesting flash forwards from the world of the future, where a new hostile AI rules.
For me, a certain plus is Gabriel Luna in the form of Rev-9. You see, when Cameron was planning his first Terminator, he saw the Terminator as an ordinary human being, as it was assumed that cyborg hunters were created to infiltrate people into shelters to further destroy them. A big shake in a world where hunger and death would immediately arouse suspicion. So Rev-9 is cute and friendly, his face will not remember, he will not suspect anything. That's great. The main thing is that he has a normal physique, it is easy for him to get lost in the crowd. That makes him dangerous. Yes, its main feature – in fact, it was not necessary, to T-800 and T – 1000 is far away, but for me it is higher than T-X and Marcus and Genesis.
One paragraph about the old heroes Sarah Connor and the T-800 - they are not needed here. They don't move the plot, put them away, nothing will change. I mean, Sarah saves Dani and Grace in the beginning, but the rescue is very strained.
After analyzing the main characters, let’s move on to the script of the film. The beginning is dynamic, about the first half an hour - very nothing. Except for the opening scene of the film. Yes, it's self-repetition, but you feel there's potential. Then there's some intrigue -- you follow the development -- and you stumble upon the writers' nonsense.
Then there are unmotivated actions and a stupid final scene.
I loved Grace's time loop, it's cute. Separately, I want to say about the personnel of the future - it turned out convincingly. Not as stylish as Cameron, but there is already fear and doom, although they did not show much new.
In short, the film is worth seeing in the movies.
But this is a remake, not a continuation of the Doomsday, but a rethinking of the Terminator.
The film is better than Genesis, Terminator 3, somewhere on the same level as Yes the savior will arrive, but will never stand in line with Terminator 1-2.
My assessment
“Terminator: Dark Fate” is the fifth film in the series, in which an artificial intelligence from the future sends a killer machine into the past to eliminate the next leader of the resistance. Sarah, John, and the T-800 destroyed the T-1000, giving humanity hope in the future battle with machines. And it would be logical to go on with that war between humans and machines, the rise of John Connor as the leader of the resistance, and the sending of Kyle Reese back in time to save Sarah. This closes the cycle of history.
However, the directors and screenwriters of Dark Fate are unable to come up with a new original story and therefore the whole film is essentially a time-lapse cut of the previous parts, and if the writers are trying to introduce something new, it comes out terribly stupid and unreasonable.
Almost everything in the movie is terrible, especially the characters.
Terminator REV-9.
The new terminator isn't as bad as it looks. He knows how to deceive people, win over him, joke, and then with a smile on his face kill his victims in cold blood. The truth is that his pros end there. As in Genesis, this terminator is semi-liquid, able to climb walls, make 10 meter jumps and create firearms from his body. However, all these buns disappear somewhere when the Terminator gets to the main characters. The ability to create weapons, which we saw in the trailer, completely disappears until the end of the film, and the robot tries to kill the characters exclusively with its sharpened hands. Although there were a lot of moments in the film when a robot could just shoot unarmed heroes. The same applies to super speed and reaction, when you need to run to the heroes literally 10 meters, the robot begins to move no faster than 80-year-old grandmother.
Grace.
The defender from the future also does not cause special emotions, although the actress is quite textured and she tries. But you don't believe her. And in the plot, she is a modified super soldier, and it looks very strange against the background of her own words that humanity in the future is starving and feeding on rats. I think in peacetime it would be difficult to make such a soldier, and during an extermination war when there is a shortage of resources and even more so.
Sarah Connor.
There are no special claims to Sarah Connor, except that she is constantly grumpy.
Dani Ramos.
The main character is nothing at all. Not only did the creators throw John Connor to the trash and devalue the first two films, they didn’t even bother to give us a new hero for whom you will worry and believe him. I do not believe that in the future the leader of the resistance will be a dark Mexican woman, 1.5 m tall with a pretty face. And almost the entire movie heroin plays the role of furniture. Throughout the film, she showed no leadership qualities or worthy actions. Even the final victory over the villain belongs to a boy-baba from the future and two pensioners.
T-800.
As for the T-800 (Karla!), this is a different kind of shame. If the first half of the film was still somehow watchable, then after the appearance of Schwartz on the screen, the film slides to the bottom. To make a decent family man out of a soulless killing machine with his farm, house, wife, son and dog, this needs to be thought of. A robot that watches football, drinks beer and sews curtains and glues children's rooms. From that point on, the film becomes a parody of the Terminator, not a sequel.
I think Cameron wanted this film to finally bury the Terminator franchise so that no one else would dare to put their hands on it. And he succeeded.
So we waited. A new page in the history of the Terminator. The original film was released back in 1984, then a super-successful sequel came out and that’s all... the story of the Terminator lies in a distant box, and now, 28 years later, the third part of Terminator: Dark Fate came out... a joke!!! You've probably figured that out by now. Before that, there were the third, fourth, and fifth parts, but they did not find the fans proper attention and love. There have been three failed attempts to reanimate the Terminator universe, although I will say I love all parts and even the series.
The new film ignores everything that came out after Judgment Day, and I must say that the film turned out very worthy and exciting. I can call this the true third installment of the Terminator franchise, as the new film is the best one since 91. It would be better to call the film “Terminator 3: Reboot”, “Terminator 3: Destiny rewritten”, such a slogan, for note, was Genesis, but the title “Dark Fate” quite well reflects the essence of the film. In the new story, Sarah Connor and John Connor, along with Uncle Bob, still prevented the end of the world, but another came, and a new Skynet (Skynet - Skynet in English "Heavenly Network") called Legion, which was originally created as a program to protect against cyberattacks sent a fundamentally new Terminator model called Rev-9 into the past. The new Terminator has the task of destroying the young girl Dani Ramos. Here we see a repetition of the story from the Day of Judgment. On the one hand, we already know this story, on the other hand, it is shown freshly and not annoying. The film borrows many elements from Doomsday, the original film, and the failed sequels. The film opens with Sarah Connor’s story that they prevented Judgment Day and saved humanity. I will say that there are no unnecessary events in the film, events develop gradually, each scene is as long as it is necessary for the plot, and this is very good for the film.
The new evil Terminator in this film is a combination of our beloved T-800 and T-1000. Overall, the film has a rather bleak atmosphere, really believing that the new evil Terminator is a herald of imminent threat and death. You can’t hide from it, you can’t run away from it, you can’t negotiate, because in the peak of the digital age, the Rev-9 will find you anywhere. One of the worst parts of Rise of the Machines and Genesis was humor, there is no humor in this film, it is as serious and brutal as in the first two films. I also want to say, I just can’t help but say, that everyone is screaming at the blueprint that Hollywood is taking over tolerance, feminism, etc., and that this movie too has suffered this fate. To anti-tolerance and anti-feminists, I want to say one thing: why now? Why did everyone suddenly start yelling about the rampage and spread of feminism and tolerance when it was always part of our society? Why didn’t you yell about “feminists and tolerators taking over” when there were movies like Red Sonya, Soldier Jane, Terminator 2, Terminator: The Battle for the Future, Charlie’s Angels and so many others where your hatred of feminists and tolerators was then? I want to say that in these films, the main characters or one of the main characters are women, that in our time people are slaves to other people’s opinions and are ready to shit and eat everything they do not like.
In the new Terminator everything is fine - the plot, characters, charisma, special effects, and you should not accuse him of feminism and tolerance. And finally, at the end of the film, we're shown a very cool fight between all the characters, and there's even a touch of drama. I very much hope that there will be two sequels planned, because the film has potential.
"For John."
I can’t call Terminator my favorite franchise, but it’s always been really good. James Cameron created a cult, which several decades and the most pleasant thing is that his films are watched even by those who were born much later than the premiere of the first part of the adventures of Sarah Connor. And naturally, I wanted to see what Cameron came up with in the new film, which was positioned as a real triquel, not a fake.
Sarah Connor has cancelled Judgment Day, but as we saw in the trailer, the Terminators continue to arrive from the future to complete another mission to kill the savior of humanity. The situation threatens to fly out of control, and the same Sarah Connor, even if too old, enters the case. Now she has nothing to lose at such a mature age, so she can fight.
Not without our old friend T-800, who returned from vacation and ready to fight again. There’s not as much of it on the screen as fans would like, but I think it could have been removed from the plot at all so as not to return old wounds. But we have what we have, and now it is an unfortunate fact.
The film does not carry anything serious and clear. James Cameron apparently wrote the plot half-turned to Avatar, otherwise how to explain that he repeated his own undertakings and practically destroyed everything that worked so well in the past. And it would be for what – an empty half-remake, which only disappoints.
The appearance of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton doesn’t make me very happy because they were only meant to remind fans of the glorious times of old and bring them to the cinemas. As you can see, the plan worked poorly.
I wanted to praise the movie, but I can’t. The work turned out to be frankly weak and there is simply nothing worth looking for in it. It is worth accepting that the "Terminator" is time to rest.
It’s hard to stop talking about this movie. The question immediately arises: what is the point of making a direct continuation of the second, most successful part of the franchise, while completely devaluing its content? Is this some kind of sophisticated mockery of fans, or a wild attempt to show their originality? Or the desire to draw a line and create something fundamentally new, even at the cost of previous developments? In any case, the adequacy of the authors' thought is questionable.
I have to give credit to the entertainment of the film at a good level. Especially pleased with the beginning, when what is happening is still somehow close to reality, and from that catches. The next hour and a half CGI looks like a cartoon, it’s beautiful, but you don’t believe in it. As for the substantive part, it looks like a schizophrenic parody of the “Judgment Day”: a similar plot, characters modernized to fashionable trends, faded and sometimes absurd dialogues, inappropriate dictionary inserts reminiscent of multi-colored patches in the torn-drag sense of what is happening.
It is impossible to call the film absolutely terrible, the picture is high-quality, the action is cheerful and everything looks good in general, if you do not think about what is happening. But as a continuation for the second part - this monster of Frankenstein, sewn from the devil knows what and he knows how, big, strong and spectacular, but at the same time completely soulless and brainless.
6 out of 10
PS
As for Arnold, his plot of the T-800 in Mortal Combat 11 looks better and more meaningful. A monstrously dangerous killing machine, steadily following its target, sweeping away any obstacles. And the heroic act, as a consequence of the most ordinary logic, turns out to be more human than the people themselves. That's how I want to remember him.
The canon faded into oblivion by the very dark road that the final credits summed up “Judgment Day”.
And would remain the "Terminator" legendary completed epic, but human greed regularly pours its relics life-giving elixir with the aroma of profit and stubbornly climbs into the rental under the slogan "It is aliiive!".
Another attempt to revive the cyborg is made by Tim Miller, the director of the suitable Deadpool, under the production blessing of Himself, the great and deserved James Cameron. Rumor has it that the old James so did not go “Genesis”, that he decided to return the copyright to the franchise and in the break between “Avatars” to remind everyone the true price of the Odessa ruberoid. But no matter how you make a candy from Fatum, the real filling will still creep out.
Sarah Connor has turned into a real Terminator Hunter and is now engaged in the destruction of killer robots from the future. She believed that the main thing is not to let them get to John, but now there is Dani Ramos, whose survival also depends on the fate of humanity. Along with her comes the mysterious girl Grace, a mixture of man and machine.
Let me remind you that the real story is dead. And on a wide screen battered for two hours, the viewer watches the dancing on her bones. Not for a sniff of cocaine, the screenwriter gushes over the image of the “mother of all mankind”, turning her into an armed metrobutter, and half the film over the Iron Woodcutter himself. Both canonical characters are carelessly fused onto the tracks right in the sanitary zone in favor of modern trends - a strong female beginning and the US trade war with China. And how else to explain the fat trolling that in the film, shot partly with Chinese money, in spite of Trump, Mexicans hated by him are presented as the new saviors of humanity?
In an attempt to start another “franchise” with a pusher, new heroes are introduced into history, to whom, in theory, the characters of the old spill should pass the worn banner of the fight against evil inanimate intelligence. And then it becomes clear that modern millennials are not at all like the new messiahs. The heroine of Natalia Reyes, who is now like John Connor, only not a boy, but a girl is tossed between the images of a weak younger sister and a proud warrior with rods in all places, while managing not to earn a single plus in the karma of his metamorphosis. The main “bad”, he is a cyborg Rev-9, aka nouneim Latino Zabyliero Egomez Imjandro, is worth noting for a careful viewing of “Judgment Day” and for the attempt of cosplay of Robert Patrick’s cold detachment. But the T-1000 so well embodied a murderous purposefulness that another couple of centuries, no other actor will be able to bring something radically new to the image. Except for a checkered shirt.
The new “Terminator” turned out to be an absolutely unideal and secondary film, not shying away from repeated self-copying and even borrowings from allegedly rejected non-canonical sequels, in particular, from “Genesis”. And throw a firecracker of logical inconsistencies into this basin with olives - and the evening will remain for a long memory. But is it a good thing?
The atmosphere of noir, corruption and hopelessness of the first film was enough for the second. Although even in the sequel, the situation of humanity did not look so depressing - they no longer ate rats, and went on the attack cheerfully. Each subsequent director of this series was increasingly unable to catch that pristine fragrance, so in “Fatum”, for example, sound mutually exclusive nonsense about the development of humanity’s biotechnology after the global nuclear war.
Each story has its own time, place and heroes. In the modern world, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton in the images of the Terminator and Sarah Connor look ridiculous, pretentious and vintage (here Furlong is even fit to be glad that he managed to drink and star in Fatum he was not called), and their replacements sat on very distant hectares, and clearly do not pull.
Let’s make a small discount on the fact that Tim Miller brought a handful of Deadpool to the new film in order to hook young people, the same age as the “Rise of the Machines”, but in general, such “Fatums” look like a painful craving for the inanimate.
Because history is long dead.