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Terminator: Dark Fate
6/10
A new installment to the faltering Terminator franchise. We had Rise of the Machines, we got some Salvation along with Genisys. Each one of those wasn't far from awful. Dark Fate is meant to make you forget all about them. This one takes place after Terminator 2: Judgement Day, bringing back Linda Hamilton as Sarah Corner, Arnie as the T-800 and introduces MacKenzie Davis as Grace, Natalia Reyes as Dani and Gabriel Luna as REV-9, the new type of Terminator.
The story, if looked into too much, actually follows a lot of the aspects of Terminator 2. This time we have Grace sent back to protect Dani, who in the future is the start of the resistance against the machines.
Grace is still human but has been installment with metal mesh inside to protect her, along with other enhancements. We follow the story of the two girls until they come into trouble and are saved by Sarah, because you know, GIRL POWER!
There is a lot of collateral damage in this movie, mainly involving Dani's family and there is only one person to help out, Carl! Know if you haven't seen this movie, you may be wondering who Carl is and due to the trailers, most of us may already know. At the beginning of the movie, it turns out that Sarah and John didn't stop the carnage. Another version of the Terminator played by Arnie kills John, which is supposed is a way of keeping the actor out of the movie considering he is now a criminal. This Terminator now has nothing to do and tries his hand at being human and growing some emotion. He has been sending Sarah coordinates from a secret number which gives her the locations of every Terminator coming through a portal. It's safe to say that Sarah is far from pleased to see him but he offers his services and in the end, his life in order to keep Dani safe. In the end, as Carl holds down this new Terminator, he takes the power core that was inside Grace and sacrifices himself, yelling out 'FOR JOHN', ending the conflict and given Sarah her closure.
The movie draws to a close with the three females across the road of a schoolyard, looking in on a young Grace. They don't want this future for her and Sarah promises to train Dani to be the leader that the resistance needs.
James Cameron was finally back on board for this movie and this got people really excited. Even I felt we would finally get back to winning ways with this movie. Unfortunately, in my opinion, that wasn't the case. There were a few things that worked, like changing the saviours to females, having the protector as a human with modifications or even the new kind of killer, which was a much better model, graphically and with villainy. I only need to use the example of the female villain in Rise of the Machines and how ridiculous that got at times. The whole story itself though felt exactly like Terminator 2. If you look into the full direction of it, we have someone sent back to protect the future once more, someone who becomes a leader and then we have Arnie back to protect when he was once the villain, giving us that conflict with Sarah once more. I felt exactly the same after I had watched the Force Awakens, as it wasn't far from an upgraded movie following the same story. This doesn't essentially make it a bad movie, it is just something that doesn't seem 100% fresh.
The cast did give a fair extent of themselves and I really liked Davis's character Grace, who got stuck in with the action scenes and become a young Sarah Connor in some ways as the two jostled a lot of the time. Gabriel Luna as the new Termination unit was the winner though. Even with the lack of lines, I really enjoyed the menacing character, which took me back to the villain in Terminator 2 but there it is again, that resemblance to both movies.
If you want action and some nostalgia from what the Terminator franchise was like back in the '80s/'90s then this is the movie for you. It is worth seeing the first two before watching this one, just in case the story becomes muddled, especially at the beginning. If you're a fan of the originals and hated what came afterward, it could well be worth staying clear, this may just make you that little bit angrier.
The story, if looked into too much, actually follows a lot of the aspects of Terminator 2. This time we have Grace sent back to protect Dani, who in the future is the start of the resistance against the machines.
Grace is still human but has been installment with metal mesh inside to protect her, along with other enhancements. We follow the story of the two girls until they come into trouble and are saved by Sarah, because you know, GIRL POWER!
There is a lot of collateral damage in this movie, mainly involving Dani's family and there is only one person to help out, Carl! Know if you haven't seen this movie, you may be wondering who Carl is and due to the trailers, most of us may already know. At the beginning of the movie, it turns out that Sarah and John didn't stop the carnage. Another version of the Terminator played by Arnie kills John, which is supposed is a way of keeping the actor out of the movie considering he is now a criminal. This Terminator now has nothing to do and tries his hand at being human and growing some emotion. He has been sending Sarah coordinates from a secret number which gives her the locations of every Terminator coming through a portal. It's safe to say that Sarah is far from pleased to see him but he offers his services and in the end, his life in order to keep Dani safe. In the end, as Carl holds down this new Terminator, he takes the power core that was inside Grace and sacrifices himself, yelling out 'FOR JOHN', ending the conflict and given Sarah her closure.
The movie draws to a close with the three females across the road of a schoolyard, looking in on a young Grace. They don't want this future for her and Sarah promises to train Dani to be the leader that the resistance needs.
James Cameron was finally back on board for this movie and this got people really excited. Even I felt we would finally get back to winning ways with this movie. Unfortunately, in my opinion, that wasn't the case. There were a few things that worked, like changing the saviours to females, having the protector as a human with modifications or even the new kind of killer, which was a much better model, graphically and with villainy. I only need to use the example of the female villain in Rise of the Machines and how ridiculous that got at times. The whole story itself though felt exactly like Terminator 2. If you look into the full direction of it, we have someone sent back to protect the future once more, someone who becomes a leader and then we have Arnie back to protect when he was once the villain, giving us that conflict with Sarah once more. I felt exactly the same after I had watched the Force Awakens, as it wasn't far from an upgraded movie following the same story. This doesn't essentially make it a bad movie, it is just something that doesn't seem 100% fresh.
The cast did give a fair extent of themselves and I really liked Davis's character Grace, who got stuck in with the action scenes and become a young Sarah Connor in some ways as the two jostled a lot of the time. Gabriel Luna as the new Termination unit was the winner though. Even with the lack of lines, I really enjoyed the menacing character, which took me back to the villain in Terminator 2 but there it is again, that resemblance to both movies.
If you want action and some nostalgia from what the Terminator franchise was like back in the '80s/'90s then this is the movie for you. It is worth seeing the first two before watching this one, just in case the story becomes muddled, especially at the beginning. If you're a fan of the originals and hated what came afterward, it could well be worth staying clear, this may just make you that little bit angrier.
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