Terminator: Genisys
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast Headliners: Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Original Release Date: July 1st, 2015
Terminator Genisys is tricky. Is it a sequel or a remake or a reboot? Well
it’s a bit of everything above. It starts with the continuing fight of John
Conner (Jason Clarke) and Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney as the protagonist who
offers little in the way of screen presence or coolness) and the human armies
in the post-apocalyptic world controlled by Skynet. Events transpire to send Kyle back in time to
the era of the original Terminator film.
Large parts are spent with Kyle meeting a changed from what he had been told to expect for the
era Sarah Conner (Emilia Clarke ) and her surprise friendly “Pops” terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as they
deal with threats including a younger arnie look-alike terminator and a liquid
foe as well straight out of the second film (Lee Byung-Han who doesn’t do
much). This is followed by a jump to a changed 2017 in this “twisted “ timeline
where , much like the third film, they must stop Skynet from being turned on.
While it touts itself as a “whole fresh new Terminator
film” it’s very much a greatest hits of tropes from the franchise. There’s some
thrilling chase scenes and action moments, and an impending sense of dread. But
despite its smorgasboard of features and actors it can feel messy at
times. The plot gets into some repetitive
silly stuff towards the end and some action drags on. That’s not even to
mention some jokes that fall flat.
However when the action comes through it can be pretty
neat (especially when the film’s subpar CGI doesn’t appear). There’s also a
very great humorous performance by Arnie as Pops who manages to give this film
a neat semi-satirical identity and who has the films best lines and moments.
Emilia Clark is a decent replacement Sarah Connor as well although she’s by far
no khaleesi with this hammy script.
It’s messy and halfbaked and rehashing a bit too many
past tropes but in a way Terminator
Genisys also feels like a attempted tribute to the franchise. It didn’t come
far enough to that point unfortunately but its not without its simple
enjoyment. 6.8 out of 10
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