Terminator: Dark Fate
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 1, 2019
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Jmone19Nov 2, 2019
Loved Linda Hamilton loved Arnold even though his character was not presented in a decent way. I hated the killing off of John Connor that was an ultimate slap in the face to all Terminator fans of the franchise so that’s unforgivable alsoLoved Linda Hamilton loved Arnold even though his character was not presented in a decent way. I hated the killing off of John Connor that was an ultimate slap in the face to all Terminator fans of the franchise so that’s unforgivable also Grace was a mediocre character but Dany Ramos was the singular worst of the characters in the whole movie. Rev 9 was not a convincing scary Terminator although he has great action moments. Overall the movie grade fro this is a D-… Expand
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PragnorVornNov 2, 2019
I have an idea, let's make a movie, keep the plot the same as 4 out of 5 of the past previous movies, and gender swap the main characters. What could go wrong?! No spoilers here as we all know the plot (its in the trailers), robot comes fromI have an idea, let's make a movie, keep the plot the same as 4 out of 5 of the past previous movies, and gender swap the main characters. What could go wrong?! No spoilers here as we all know the plot (its in the trailers), robot comes from future to kill hero before they can save the world, send good guy back to stop the bad robot... THINK OF SOMETHING ORIGINAL FFS!!! T1 was the best because it was original, T2 was great because it flipped the script, T3, T5 and T6 are cash grabs that can't think of anything new! T4 tried to do something a little new but still relied too much on star power and not enough on good characters. Character development is what's wrong with Hollywood today, they don't know how to write good characters and fall into tired old tropes.… Expand
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GazMc1Nov 1, 2019
Tragic.

Completely disrespectful to everything the franchise was built upon. It's John Connor's story, instead he's used here as an insignificant add on to pass his story onto a new female version who was terribly cast. Similarly Arnold,Tragic.

Completely disrespectful to everything the franchise was built upon. It's John Connor's story, instead he's used here as an insignificant add on to pass his story onto a new female version who was terribly cast. Similarly Arnold, he's only here to help sell tickets and the Terminator character is a mockery of the first two films.

There is nothing original here or anything you have to see: it's a blend of the first movies remade, but much worse.… Expand
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ThazariNov 4, 2019
Basically throws the narrative of every other Terminator movie out of the window and replaces it by dull, forgettable characters and a future world we get two glimpes of and no-one cares about. By both my friend and I had literally forgottenBasically throws the narrative of every other Terminator movie out of the window and replaces it by dull, forgettable characters and a future world we get two glimpes of and no-one cares about. By both my friend and I had literally forgotten the name of the protagonist, she's that boring and unworthy.

Plot makes no sense and gets repetitive very fast. Basically the entire movie is one long chase that repeats itself. Terminator and protagonists get in a fight, a spectacular explosion knocks everyone out and allow the protagonists to get some distance, Terminator reforms, protagonists go from unconscious to fully operational in 5 seconds, Terminator starts chasing again.

The new Terminator model has some new capability and can operate in two different modes, but it is not really shown what the difference/advantages of the two different modes are and the whole thing just seems completely invulnerable anyway. In the end, the way it is defeated makes the whole movie seem utterly pointless.… Expand
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HTGamerNov 5, 2019
Terminator: Dark Fate is a disappointing Terminator movie, especially since this is the real T3, the sequel to T2: Judgment Day.

This film is what The Force Awakens is for the Star Wars franchise: a lazy derivative movie based on the firstTerminator: Dark Fate is a disappointing Terminator movie, especially since this is the real T3, the sequel to T2: Judgment Day.

This film is what The Force Awakens is for the Star Wars franchise: a lazy derivative movie based on the first beloved films. Dark Fate is almost copying T2 to the letter. Highway chase with a truck, liquid metal Terminator, etc. Nothing new in this movie that we haven't seen already in previous Terminator films. This movie is creatively worse than any other Terminator movie. Even Salvation and Genisys had something new to show.

But what's even worse, this movie is a SJW parody. Full of political correctness, pseudo-diversity, and feminist propaganda. It's like taking Tomb Raider or Charlie's Angels, writing the women out and replacing them with men. Ridiculous.

First they write John Connor's character out and replace him with a female leader that can't inspire nothing. Then Arnie's T-800 is sidelined for the vast majority of the movie (can't believe the stupid backstory they gave to this T-800) in favor of a 6 feet high lady trying to convince the audience she's a badass, and her enhanced abilities are explained by cybernetic augmentations. Yeah, a Resistance hiding underground have the infrastructure to perform cyberpunk surgeries while being rampaged by robots sent by a Skynet that's not named Skynet but acts as Skynet. Yeah, Skynet's also out, but only in name. Now it's called Legion LMAO

The only really good thing in this movie is Linda Hamilton, who really came back as T2's Sarah Connor. Yeah, she's back. Unfortunately Arnie's T-800 doesn't speak this line for the first time ever and it made me cringe.… Expand
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maxdunordNov 1, 2019
Another remake of T1/T2 that nobody wants or asked for. It lacks creativity and imagination. Its plot is dull and full of nonsense. This franchise should have ended with T2 followed perhaps by a kind of prequel/sequel leading to T1. But theAnother remake of T1/T2 that nobody wants or asked for. It lacks creativity and imagination. Its plot is dull and full of nonsense. This franchise should have ended with T2 followed perhaps by a kind of prequel/sequel leading to T1. But the worst thing in this is Cameron's hypocrisy. Do you remember him bragging around about how Fincher killed his beloved characters in Alien 3. Well be ready for the same in the Dark Fate and now it's done and approved by king of the world himself.… Expand
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Tspell202Nov 2, 2019
Another great franchise destroyed (ie: Star Wars) by pandering and catering to one specific group of people.
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N_ck-czNov 1, 2019
Next soft reboot, the first part of the trilogy without logic and lots of plotholes (again), unrealistic action sequences, without Skynet (Genysis or Legion, same crap) and Connor existence is changed (again)... dialogs are really bad.

IfNext soft reboot, the first part of the trilogy without logic and lots of plotholes (again), unrealistic action sequences, without Skynet (Genysis or Legion, same crap) and Connor existence is changed (again)... dialogs are really bad.

If you don't want to think about plot, don't mind that the T800 is just a super man, not a terminator and you dont expecting chilling atmosphere, go and watch it.

Same mistakes all over again like with Genysis. They should stop it and sell it to someone other than Paramount and Skydance. Never again.… Expand
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JoeSauroNov 2, 2019
The first 20 seconds of this movie is a big slap to the face of all terminator fans. Know your target audience Tim Miller. Highly highly suggest if you’re a terminator fan to not watch this movie, ever.
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DealLawNov 2, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Steaming pile of **** It gets a three from me solely for some pretty awesome action sequences. Writing is a dumpster fire; characters are shallow; plot holes galore. Essentially, this movie didn't need to be made. It feels like a pretentious, virtue signaling vanity project for Cameron. Creepy agre-regressed Edward Furlong's John Connor is murdered 2 minutes into the film, by a Terminator we never knew about, years after melting all of the cyberdyne evidence. So Judgment Day didn't happen and Skynet never came to be, but a T-800 shows up and Murders John. Ok. All of this makes no difference, however, as humanity has a new hope; a young Mexican girl named Dani. Why is she the hope? Who knows? She is because James Cameron has told you she is. Why does humanity need a savior if Skynet is never created? Because Skynet is created, but it's called Legion and creates terminators that look exactly like the old terminators, in a future that looks exactly like the other future. So essentially, everything that normally happens in a Terminator movie happens here, but the people and names have changed for reasons that are not entirely explained or explanable, for what appears to be political correctness. We're in exactly the same position as before, for unexplainable reasons, solely so Girl-John Connor can be introduced for no reason whatsoever; because it's the same movie regardless.

So you see, this movie didn't need to happen. It is a bad version of T2, with a random female lead that exists solely so the movie can reset with a female lead.… Expand
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GarethBNov 2, 2019
Awful... destroys the legacy of some of my favourite movies and replaces it was shallow copy of the story of T2 but with an androgynous protector, an implausible saviour of humanity and the worst, lamest, least threatening Terminator (withAwful... destroys the legacy of some of my favourite movies and replaces it was shallow copy of the story of T2 but with an androgynous protector, an implausible saviour of humanity and the worst, lamest, least threatening Terminator (with some trash effects) in any of the movies. RIP Skynet....… Expand
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LotapeterNov 2, 2019
Wow, what amazing garbage this movie is. James Cameron has lost my respect with this horrible re-make/ ripoff of T2 but done 1000000x worse. don't watch this, EVER!! T1 and T2 are the only real Terminator movies that exist. Glad this isWow, what amazing garbage this movie is. James Cameron has lost my respect with this horrible re-make/ ripoff of T2 but done 1000000x worse. don't watch this, EVER!! T1 and T2 are the only real Terminator movies that exist. Glad this is failing in the Box Office.… Expand
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Mauri134Nov 2, 2019
Don't see this movie. This movie is insulting to fans of the first 2 Terminator movies from the first 5 minutes.
This whole movie is just a feminist propaganda, replacing John Connor (THE KEY CHARACTER OF THE SAGA) with a Mexican girl.
AndDon't see this movie. This movie is insulting to fans of the first 2 Terminator movies from the first 5 minutes.
This whole movie is just a feminist propaganda, replacing John Connor (THE KEY CHARACTER OF THE SAGA) with a Mexican girl.
And also insults and makes the T-800 look like a jester, no longer intimidates and is now a joke in bad taste.… Expand
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Arthur88Nov 2, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lazy script + SJW Politics + Jump the shark scenes = terrible film. Dark fate is a terrible story....really, there is no story. It is poorly written and I am shocked James Cameron, who is known for his intricate interwoven story lines and realistic believable characters and action really bombed this movie when he allowed amateur writers to wreck his franchise. This movie is episodic. By that I mean it is just the same characters going from one scene to the next in miniature episodes without any over-arcing or interwoven story whatsoever beyond "lets run to the next location". When each episode is done (lasting about 15 minutes), everything that happened in that episode is 100% forgotten and nothing is ever referenced again later on. Many things in this movie are absurd and grounded in stupidity and poor script writing:

.... US Air force major is just going to hand over top secret gear without so much as explaining it to us? A truck falls 200 feet from a dam into ravenous waters with human passengers and no one is injured? A plane at 20,000 feet bursts and no one blacks out over decompression? SJW politics are amock, running foul in this film. The first 30 minutes are in Spanish, I do not exaggerate, I thought I was watching a foreign film. One 15 minute episode has our characters at a border detention facility where...surprise surprise...US customs are negatively portrayed complete with a reference to separating families. Good grief. Lack of originality: In this terminator the BIG REVEAL (why she is so important) is so obvious- it was pretty much shouted at us multiple times long before it happened. NO one with an IQ over 20 would have assumed she was going to give birth to someone after the repeated insults to our intelligence by announcing it loud and clear early on. John Connor was someone who led the resistance....Guess what this girl does? Oh yea....how original. The girl in this movie literally goes from "i've never touched a gun before" shy and typical to expert marksman and full on military leader in 5 minutes. So stupid.

A scene where non cyborg humans are underwater and then pop up to the surface like they are made out of Styrofoam is ridiculously unrealistic.

too many plot holes and lack of an interwoven story in between all the little "episodes" the characters take every 10 minutes... make iDark Fate a bad movie patronizing to intelligence

Bad writing.… Expand
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DavidGMTNov 2, 2019
Terrible writing, ancient CGI... and we’re talking about a guy who spawned BLUR Studio in late 90s and their cinematics for game trailers knowadays looks better then Rev9. What’s in the box? Forced appearances of Arnie and Sarah (but she’s soTerrible writing, ancient CGI... and we’re talking about a guy who spawned BLUR Studio in late 90s and their cinematics for game trailers knowadays looks better then Rev9. What’s in the box? Forced appearances of Arnie and Sarah (but she’s so underdeveloped as a character that it hurts), a finger to the fans of John Connor, dialogues hurting my ears... it’s bad writing. And the ending... gosh, It’s Genisys all over again. I must say this, since first scene on the beach I’ve felt disconnected, nothing made me interested In next act and these two points of this review are only for deaged sequence. Sorry, Terminator franchise is now dead. People change, that’s why Cameron can’t guarantee us a good movie anymore. He praised Genisys (which at this point I like more) before, he rightly bought the rights to this franchise after last one flopped and nothing has changed.… Expand
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GabadouNov 1, 2019
It's an ok action Movie, but an AWFUL Terminator.

Plot holes and the many inconsistencys of the story got me out of the movie. Too many dumb things. If you have to watch it, be sure to put your brain in a bag before, if you want to enjoyIt's an ok action Movie, but an AWFUL Terminator.

Plot holes and the many inconsistencys of the story got me out of the movie. Too many dumb things. If you have to watch it, be sure to put your brain in a bag before, if you want to enjoy it.
If in the future i have to rewatch it, i'll put my second degree hat on, and watch it like i watched The Room.… Expand
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Zidane_MinaNov 1, 2019
This movie it's a waste of potential. A waste of characters and it's sole reason to exist is to sell tickets whilst relying too heavily on nostalgia.
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Razrback16Nov 2, 2019
My goodness what a poor movie. Can't believe I spent money on this. Poor story, unbelievable acting, poor directing and things that happen in the movie that is simply unbelievable even within the context of the Terminator Universe. Avoid!
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mickrussomNov 1, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. truly awful. t1+t2+scc = all i need. to kill of john conner like that and ruin everything like this movie was just stupid.… Expand
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ste3690Nov 4, 2019
Disaster. Linda Hamilton is ELDERLY and overacts badly the whole tough guy role. Is she wearing a diaper?..The LGBT-1000 blonde girl is whiny and terrible ...cant act....plotholes EVERYWHERE...bad directing....P-U-N-T already.
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NickNeilNov 1, 2019
It's no better and no worse Terminator Genisys. They destroyed the franchise. Please do not make any more films.
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DavidArkhamNov 2, 2019
The storyline completely broken. Genesis is no longer the worst movie in the franchise.
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EmmeNov 1, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked a the Terminator movies so far, of course T2 beeing my favourite. But this one ? Starts strong, but goes downhill in act 2 and 3 when it becomes convoluted and more of the same. Arnolds character just doesnt work.… Expand
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screaminchiefNov 4, 2019
An utter disgrace to the "franchise". The casting is atrocious and the political correctness agenda being pushed was so blatant it made me want to vomit in my mouth a little bit. The new her-minator was the only good part of this movie. TheAn utter disgrace to the "franchise". The casting is atrocious and the political correctness agenda being pushed was so blatant it made me want to vomit in my mouth a little bit. The new her-minator was the only good part of this movie. The new "Joan" Conner had the charisma of a wet rag and was so badly cast and un-believable in that role it was laughable. Arnold had his balls snipped and was a side show in his own movie. He was playing second fiddle to a 5ft hobbit and a boozed-up, bitter Sarah Conner - who was a shell of the iconic character from T1 and T2. The "bad" peewee1000 terminator was bland and about as threatening as an earth worm. The story is just a pathetic and far weaker version of T2 even with many of the same seen-it-all-before action scenes. And what they did to John Connor was disgraceful. They took a huge dump on T2 and ruined it's legacy in the name of nothing more than making way for "new" characters. I need to watch T2 again just to get this crap stain of a movie out my mind! Please, for the love of humanity give it a miss.… Expand
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HermandupNov 1, 2019
Really bad movie, unbelievable acting, bad casting, weak plot, obvious mistakes. Good effects though
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toxicfanNov 2, 2019
the main characters all act very stupid and antagonistic. after 20 minutes i just wanted them to be killed by the terminator. they act like really bad people all the time
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ZZBEARNov 2, 2019
Very disappointing, If you liked the last steaming pile they released with the name Terminator attached this movies farts are right up your ally but for T1 and T2 fans don't watch this with high expectations, I'd even say use an eye patch toVery disappointing, If you liked the last steaming pile they released with the name Terminator attached this movies farts are right up your ally but for T1 and T2 fans don't watch this with high expectations, I'd even say use an eye patch to protect yourself from this movies herpes wink wink, is it a wink if its your only eye? arrrr .… Expand
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BillybizzyNov 2, 2019
Worst terminator movie ever along with the worst acting. 10 minutes into the movie, I wanted to kill Sarah Connor
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VultureMovieNov 1, 2019
Uninteresting characters and terrible action. I pray to forget this movie. Would’ve gladly taken a sequel to Terminator Salvation over this mess
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XplichitNov 1, 2019
Do you want to know how to kill the franchise? Just go watch this movie.

At least Sarah Connor stills being Sarah Connor.
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alberto45Nov 1, 2019
Happy to see Linda Hamilthon again, but i've really don't like the story.
I don't understand how it can be in Terminator timeline.
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JazzieJeff1975Nov 3, 2019
Fun action film. Best Terminator movie since T2. Please go see it. Great action scenes.
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djbattNov 16, 2019
Nothing new.. same old same old great special effects but story line is hurting
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NO_VACNov 15, 2019
Лучше я бы пробухал те деньги которые потратил на билет этого Дерминатора!
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amattinthewildDec 3, 2019
I had high hopes for this movie. It looked like a return to form. But then, they hit you with that opening scene. It isn't even used to push the characters or the story forward and is just in there for shock value. The rest of the movie isI had high hopes for this movie. It looked like a return to form. But then, they hit you with that opening scene. It isn't even used to push the characters or the story forward and is just in there for shock value. The rest of the movie is bland and dull. It all felt so generic and manufactured, just like the terminators themselves. Don't watch this sorry excuse for a movie.… Expand
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DexEngineerJul 4, 2020
GWGB. Total disappointment. This movie belongs to dirt bin. Sacrifiyng beloved characters for political propaganda is just crazy.
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DoomtheWhiteJul 20, 2020
I love the John Connor saga and this movie destroyed it. Why must SJW agenda be injected in entertainment that consumers paid to watch? The only reason this film got 5 from me because of the action sequences and Linda Hamilton performance.I love the John Connor saga and this movie destroyed it. Why must SJW agenda be injected in entertainment that consumers paid to watch? The only reason this film got 5 from me because of the action sequences and Linda Hamilton performance. The story plot is not so good.… Expand
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Paulsmith73Jul 2, 2020
Leftist propaganda everywhere I look. Don’t become indoctrinated by it, that’s what they want. Be smart be best.
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brandy1179Dec 3, 2020
The WORST Terminator ever 1. They kill off John Conner. Why? It completely destroys the whole plot of the original movies 2. They make Arnold Schwarzenegger into a maid and babysitter. Um why? They totally emasculated him and it made meThe WORST Terminator ever 1. They kill off John Conner. Why? It completely destroys the whole plot of the original movies 2. They make Arnold Schwarzenegger into a maid and babysitter. Um why? They totally emasculated him and it made me confused and sad at the same time. 3. They make a woman who looks like she can't fight her way out of a wet paper bag be the true savior Absolute garbage. Sarah Conner was a strong female character in (1 and 2) and they even ruined her character as well in this movie. If they were looking to kill this franchise, then they certainly have done their job.… Expand
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ksnJul 13, 2021
Feminator is the worst movie of franchise. Have no idea how original director could make such sh1t. All universe fans please skip this trash.
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gracjanskiMay 15, 2022
First of all...so much feminism and gender mainstreaming here. Ridiculous. Destroyed all the movie. Only Arnie was convincing.
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DuncanRoseAug 11, 2020
How this got beyond the concept stage and into production is beyond me. It’s terrible. The unbelievable action, cliched story and terrible tropes.
Awful beyond words. It’s a PS4 hoping to live off the legacy of the first two films. Avoid.
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CavemaximusJun 21, 2020
This is the kind of trash that gets produced when identity politics takes over. But ironically, the same people that hated this, probably gave Mad Max Fury Road a pass back in 2015.
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GreyViruzOct 27, 2020
This movie is an SJW wet dream
Also it seems they've done nothing original since Terminator 2, maybe salvation...
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ChiefInvictaSep 2, 2020
I wanted so much to love this movie having been a fan of the franchise from the beginning. Forcing a change of gender for the main character is the only purpose of this film and completely unnecessary since Sara Connor was and still is aI wanted so much to love this movie having been a fan of the franchise from the beginning. Forcing a change of gender for the main character is the only purpose of this film and completely unnecessary since Sara Connor was and still is a badass female character. Stop killing my childhood franchises.… Expand
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EnergiyeMar 24, 2022
Dark Fate managed to do something I thought was impossible, to be even worse than Genisys. Deadpool was clearly a fluke.
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B2BigAlNov 7, 2021
I’m late to the game because I just knew it was gonna be a bad, and it was every bit as bad as I was afraid it would be. Just another soulless sequel that nobody needed or wanted. Even Linda and Arnold couldn’t make this worth the price ofI’m late to the game because I just knew it was gonna be a bad, and it was every bit as bad as I was afraid it would be. Just another soulless sequel that nobody needed or wanted. Even Linda and Arnold couldn’t make this worth the price of admission, it’s a boring, thoughtless entry in a series that died in the 90’s. If it didn’t have the Terminator name attached to it, nobody would have ever watched it. Pretty sad end to a franchise.… Expand
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Kai82Mar 27, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For itself a good movie despite some flaws. What destroys the movie is that it is a hard reboot of the franchise. Yes you read it correctly. All previous movies are meaningless in less than 5 minutes even the good first 2 (Rest is spoiler free). Many people have quit watching the movie here and will give a 0/10 and I will not deny that they have a valid point. It was a mayor complaint by some critiques and most fans. Often it is credited as “The Last Jedi” of the Terminator franchise. I would give a 8/10 without it. In hindsight we could have predicted it as there was a certain character missing in the trailers and no one in the shown cast could fill the role. Increasingly there were rumors that it will ignore the divisive former movies and continue the story from Terminator 2 which is technically accurate. It was an insane decision to pull this off and the box office and fan reactions prove it. I must again say that it is a good movie with characters that I enjoy but it is hard to get as much invested as to the other characters we cared for decades. As remark: People always like long established characters more than new once especially when the new characters could not shine before such drastic events. After the reboot inducing events the story starts after a time gap in Mexico City 2020. A new Terminator is send back in time to kill Dani Ramos and a female soldier is send back to stop him. It is the standard formula for the franchise and the story develops as before with a few twists. Again I say I like the story but it has a few logical flaws that I cant go into details because of spoilers. Lets say the first 2 movies of the franchise made clear what would happen as follow up of a certain event that happened here at the beginning (And it did not happen). It lacks the consequences and with that weakens the menace. For the actors I have only praise and I blame the flaws on the script. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in his signature role and gets some new facets. I really like the development but be warned it confused some fans and became a WTF moment for them. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor and delivers the best performance in the movie. Mackenzie Davis as Grace comes close to the best performance. Sadly the script weakens her performance but like I said I wont hold it against her. Natalia Reyes as Dani is good and delivers her role. Gabriel Luna as Gabriel / Rev 9 is excellent. Menacing and ruthless as he / his role has to be. A great cast and it is sad that they wont get the credit they deserve as the reboot overshadows everything by far. The visuals and special effects are as always remarkable. It is a thing each movie in the franchise does right. The action sequences are great too and I like how they use Graces special condition to get more out of it;-). Overall this enters the realm of good movies were a single (really stupid) plot choice ruined the experience. After the reboot inducing element you cant enjoy it as fan as you just feel the loss and potentially anger. It is a shame but cant be changed. I don't know how this could be accepted as the backlash would be unavoidable and clearly foreseeable. I think they need an idea checker that stops such wasteful mistakes.… Expand
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cyprongeJun 20, 2021
Worst Terminator movie to date , thé toxic woke **** killed this franchise.
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eva3si0nNov 22, 2020
Probably the dumbest movie I've seen in the last couple of years. Genesis is not a bad movie yet. I could not even imagine how to spoil the film if I put feminist ideas at the head and make the main antagonist a helpless dumb. And the mainProbably the dumbest movie I've seen in the last couple of years. Genesis is not a bad movie yet. I could not even imagine how to spoil the film if I put feminist ideas at the head and make the main antagonist a helpless dumb. And the main protagonist who replaced John Connor is so puzzling at all, her character is not spelled out by the screenwriter at all. As a result, the film has 2 normal scenes and all the rest is either self-copying the series again or the complete stupidity of the screenwriter. The Terminator series is dead, and the saddest thing is that Cameron himself buried it, betraying his ideas.
1 point for name, second point for Arnold)… Expand
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JMFILMApr 9, 2021
Appalling garbage. The most disrespectful sequel you could possibly imagine.
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WeirdSinbadDec 3, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mocks the original. Basically make everything about trump election e.g. kill male hero in first 5mins for Mexican woman and made Russia the bad guys.… Expand
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stnv25Mar 29, 2020
Более ущербен только генезис, в какую сторону пошли сценаристы это просто финиш, игра актеров убогая, сценарий убогий, постановка убогая, смотрел только ради СарыБолее ущербен только генезис, в какую сторону пошли сценаристы это просто финиш, игра актеров убогая, сценарий убогий, постановка убогая, смотрел только ради Сары
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Gamepro3093Aug 19, 2020
Not worth wasting time on. Another failure that’s probably going to be made non canon. They should just throw in the towel and leave it at 1 and 2.
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LancedSoulSep 22, 2021
Terminator: Dark Fate? More like Terminator: Eat Your Dark Fate! :) And John Connor deserved better and so did fans of Terminator franchises.
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VladyslavvvMay 12, 2021
So so bad. I was hoping what this part will be a new era... but unfortunately no.
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dziobssonJul 17, 2020
One of those movies that i had to rewind forward couple of times. Such a moneygrab this cr*p is. Glad that not in my case.
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JayDaviesJul 21, 2020
Alright guys, I think I’m done with the terminator franchise. I mean Terminator: Dark Fate wasn’t as bad as Terminator: Genisys but god damn was it more boring. Dull plot, dull performances, dull cinematography and some iffy acting, Dark FateAlright guys, I think I’m done with the terminator franchise. I mean Terminator: Dark Fate wasn’t as bad as Terminator: Genisys but god damn was it more boring. Dull plot, dull performances, dull cinematography and some iffy acting, Dark Fate acts as a somewhat final nail in the coffin of the Terminator films for me. I mean check it out if you want but I wouldn’t recommend it and Fox, mate, please don’t try make Terminator 3 for a fourth time, I wouldn’t be able to handle it.

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MaximychNov 1, 2020
Very bad movie!
Poor scenario, bad VFX, terrible characters.
I don't advise anyone to watching it
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louiewv7336Dec 3, 2020
Not worthy of paying to watch on any format. MST3K worthy though...........
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BurassimoOct 15, 2022
They literally remade Terminator but worse also dont you just love when they gender and race swap all the important characters that we already know and love solely for the purpose of diversity instead of creating new diverse charactersThey literally remade Terminator but worse also dont you just love when they gender and race swap all the important characters that we already know and love solely for the purpose of diversity instead of creating new diverse characters alongside the ones that already exist?
I literally wasted 2 hours on this pile of trash.… Expand
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DarkwingSchmuckMar 8, 2022
For all the talk of James Cameron's glorious return to the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate ends up being just another lousy Terminator sequel. After opening the movie with a clear cut thesis statement about how this movie is goingFor all the talk of James Cameron's glorious return to the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate ends up being just another lousy Terminator sequel. After opening the movie with a clear cut thesis statement about how this movie is going to be different, Dark Fate proceeds to utilize the same exact structured plot as every single other movie in the franchise. This would have be fine if the characters didn't take a back seat to the action.… Expand
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thomahawk77Nov 21, 2019
It was embarrassing to watch! Bad one-liners, bad actors, no story, couldnt care less if everyone died. T2 was a masterpiece and looked insanely good, cool and minimalistic while this looked something of a fan-made (no offence), no budget,It was embarrassing to watch! Bad one-liners, bad actors, no story, couldnt care less if everyone died. T2 was a masterpiece and looked insanely good, cool and minimalistic while this looked something of a fan-made (no offence), no budget, edited to pieces with soap actors. Stay away!… Expand
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Spike23Jan 23, 2020
The world is gone. Skynet has won, developing an advanced random cliché generator with their machine learning algorithms, which served to create a script for a film with 3 stereotypical strong alpha female lead roles being chased by MexicanThe world is gone. Skynet has won, developing an advanced random cliché generator with their machine learning algorithms, which served to create a script for a film with 3 stereotypical strong alpha female lead roles being chased by Mexican terminator, and now the only hope for humanity lies in another chosen one who will hopefully come back from the future to prevent me from being born, so I wouldn't have to live with memories of this equality preaching abomination pretty accurately called Dark Fate. Or I guess he could even kill me, cause I don't care at all at this point, to be honest.… Expand
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GABRIEL1030Nov 24, 2019
t800 is a joke, has a dog, a wife, a son and a stupid job (decorator), the red 9 is a Mexican man with innocent face.....the CGI is bad and cheap....this movie is a disaster...
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DeanomiteJan 16, 2020
I have liked all the Terminator movies, except Genesys, they took the sweet Emilia Clarke and turned her in to a neo feminist nagger, unforgivable. So, this was $200m budget and directed by Time Miller who made Deadpool which i thought wasI have liked all the Terminator movies, except Genesys, they took the sweet Emilia Clarke and turned her in to a neo feminist nagger, unforgivable. So, this was $200m budget and directed by Time Miller who made Deadpool which i thought was corny but worth seeing. first of all, the camera angles change either too fast or in the wrong orientation, because it feels like chop suey to watch. The cgi is absolutely awful, an early shot has a sack lunch turn into a pistol. Both terminators are generic, it starts looking like a Home Depot commercial. The female Kyle Reese has potential but she is too rushed in behavior, Kyle was cool in that he was never in a hurry no matter how crazy the situation. Linda Hamilton is always great but everything feels choreographed, like Sully when the plane landed perfectly after 17 attempts. I don't know how Spanish people became the focus, an explanation would have been nice beforehand. I think for Hollywood feminism is a gimmick, which is a bummer because there are a lot of brave women fighting for a place in the world. Biggest plot hole: Linda asks who the girl is, she says nobody, ok why did Linda know where to look? This movie is an excellent opportunity to study script writing. Roger Corman said #1 rule is have a good script, I may not know what that is but this movie shows what is is not. Movies like this are a great lesson in how it could go wrong. The dialog is horrendous, characters denigrating each other is never a good sign. I made it to 40 minutes in this movie, had to quit. I very rarely don't watch the whole thing.… Expand
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JinsukeNov 23, 2019
Horrible movie, horrible and stupide Story, horrible action scenes, nothing good on this movie... NOTHING.
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HeydenreichNov 27, 2019
Worst Movie I have ever seen in the theatre. I regret every single penny i've spent on the ticket. Its just a shame what they have done to the Terminator Franchise.
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Tony215Dec 12, 2019
I hate this movie so much replacing everything I love in Terminator 1-2 with a Woke Feminist Propaganda flick don't waste your time on this crap.
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radixlecti84Nov 5, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terminator Dark Fate is another awful installment in a running series of awful installments. Dark Fate pretends to bring something new to the table by removing our original protagonist, removing our original threat. And replaces this with a much less convincing protagonist and a much less convincing threat. In this movie we follow the story of a factory worker and her entourage of seemingly invincible super soldiers as they battle against a robot sent from the future to assassinate humanities last hope, for a second time. Because spoiler alert, they killed the last one. Our protagonists are aided by a text sending, carpet selling former killing machine turned family man in a battle against the Rev 9, a robot that looks like it could work at best buy. Now I could be critisized for being nostalgic, but the slow pace and ever looming threat that the original terminators presented are replaced in this movie by absolutely ludicious michael bay style action sequences, so absolutely over the top that they could have the moon crash down on our protagonists heads and you would still expect them to walk away unscathed. I will give the writers of the next installment a tip, fans have been waiting since 1991 for a future war movie, they want HK units, devistating laser rifles, a war torn cityscape with the sky blotted out, and they want John Connor. Not Christian Bale, could be any guy John, but the emotionless machine-like man we saw overlooking the battlefield back in the 90's. The fact is the pacing of these new movies, the outlandish set-pieces, the seemingly invincible and utterly shallow heroes. It just isn't what people want. Seriously, i've seen paddling pools with more depth.… Expand
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fabiadiFeb 12, 2020
OMG basically it gave up the idea to be a Terminator film in the first 2 min. Okey the Mexico set could work (becuase Connors were hiding here for a time) and there are some good action scenes thats worth 1 point but they ruined it becauseOMG basically it gave up the idea to be a Terminator film in the first 2 min. Okey the Mexico set could work (becuase Connors were hiding here for a time) and there are some good action scenes thats worth 1 point but they ruined it because they went full PC/feminist, never go full PC. Never liked causeless female rolechange. There are some cases where it works well Battlestar Galactica or Terminator:SCC for a closer example. The new terminator design recycled from Genisys. I could even live with the upgraded female protector idea. Even if she is a rip off Marcus Still the worst in the series. It wants to look like T1 and T2 but ends up a cheap copy of them.… Expand
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xlt3000Jan 24, 2020
Nonsensical & bad film without soul.
Typical franchise now being milked for all its worth by Hollywood with bad sequels.
- Nonsensical plot. - From beginning to end, a succession of cheap action sequences filled with CGI, worthy of the lowestNonsensical & bad film without soul.
Typical franchise now being milked for all its worth by Hollywood with bad sequels.
- Nonsensical plot.
- From beginning to end, a succession of cheap action sequences filled with CGI, worthy of the lowest IQ direct-to-dvd action films.

Skip entirely. Even T3 and T4 are worth wasting 2 hours on, not this film which is the worst in the franchise. Shame on Hollywood for even making this garbage.… Expand
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snufkinJan 17, 2020
they literally destroyed every good thing i loved in this franchise. it was preferred if they made a reboot with new characters than this total garbage of a film. definitely the worst film in the "terminator" franchise. ill give it 1 pointthey literally destroyed every good thing i loved in this franchise. it was preferred if they made a reboot with new characters than this total garbage of a film. definitely the worst film in the "terminator" franchise. ill give it 1 point for the graphics.… Expand
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Barney2020Nov 3, 2019
Mediocre at best prime example of what's wrong with movie's in 2019 bland with a absurd plot
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KING_SHOTTYNov 25, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the worst terminator of them all, major problems with this movie for any person especially those that have watched the original terminator, it dull and makes no sense, graphics were ok but the major problem with this movie is the story, it has already been told 4 times, The dialogue is pretty bad, Sarrah Connor thinking that putting your phone in a bag of potatoe chips will block out the tracking signal was pretty dumb and unrealistic, anyone knows a phone works inside a building and a small foil will not help block out the signal, she was also shown to be very smart in judgement day and she teach john connor to hack, Arnold helped the movie but not by much, only making it more enjoyable when he came for nostalgia reasons, but even he can't save this sinking ship. Story spoiler alert - they kill the main hero to be John Conner in the first few minutes and replace the hero to be with a girl name Dani which is ok if it had a reason she was going to be the main hero, but unfortunately this movie is Woke no matter how you look at it, the original John Conner was great with computers because his mum teaches him how to break and hack them, as seen when he got cash when he hacked the ATM, Dani though doesn't have any pre-requisites to replace John Connor or anyone, she cannot shoot a gun, she can't hack, all it show in the beginning is she is complaining that robots are taking people jobs at the factory she working at and she was going to complain to the manager, she doesn't have the character to become any leader, this isn't the movie that fans wanted, this is the same old story retold 5 times already but worst, fans want to know about the future war with skynet, how did humanity win against the computers, we couldn't out breed them as a human take at least 10 years to grow to be able to fight, did we disrupt the mining supplies, factories? This are questions the fans actually want answered, example: we keep getting alien retold and worst each time but we want aliens and to see how skynet works, there life, mining/manufacturing etc, the story does not move on, terminator franchise as funny as it seems it is stuck in it own time loop but degrading each time the story is told.… Expand
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SMVJan 2, 2020
Within just a few minutes, this movie destroyed what the rest spent decades building. This was simply a girl power Terminator movie. A complete and total waste of my money & my time.
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Chris_NailsNov 1, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok. Who thought this was gonna be a good idea?
Skynet got destroyed and THAT judgement day was aborted, but for some reason a new AI called "legion" takes over in the future and for some reason it also builds terminator that look like Arnie to kill John Connor... and they succeded, but that doesn't make any sense since in the new future Not-Skynet's nemesis is a girl called Danni. Yeah. That happened. They killed John Connor, which survival was a central point for the first two movies just like that.
Arnie ks back as a terminator that tries to blend in human society, that was a good point, but falls short once you realize he is just the comic relief.
The good terminator is grace and she has one of the dumbest weaknesses ever, having to resort to meds every now and then to keep her metabolism up or something.
I'm not even sure if this terminator that came back and killed Johm was sent by Skynet, which shouldn't exist anymore according to the movie itself, since J-day was aborted, or if it was Legion, which also doesn't make sense, since it is Danni that will lead human kind to victory. Avoid it. It sucks like all the sequels after T2.… Expand
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limelightFeb 6, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A HUGE slap in the face to Terminator and T2. T2 is my favorite movie of all time. Action, storytelling, characters, direction, pacing, special effects are all spot on. I watched T1 and T2 back to back to prepare for the so-called "true sequel" to T2. Here though, were treated to a continuation of T2 that makes absolutely no sense. It's like everything that happened in T2 never happened, or if it did it was just a waste. Killing John Connor in the first 5 minutes of the film... absolutely ridiculous. And the way the Terminator kills him is so casual too.

The first 20 minutes or so is set in Mexico, so it being 2020 (or 2019 if you watched it in the theatre), it has to be politically correct or someone on Twitter will complain about it so we get everything subtitled for us dumb Americans instead of them just speaking English.

There's so many other things I hate about this movie but I'll cover the worst of the worst: -Arnold is a learning machine yes, but they took it too far with him feeling "bad" about murdering John Connor so he helps a woman and her son and basically becomes his stepdad. -Its way too reliant on heavy CGI instead of a good story line. And much of the CGI looks kinda crappy especially for a movie with a $190 million budget. -Hispanic Terminator can run fast, jump high, dodge bullets, make multiple stabbing weapons, separate himself from his endoskeleton, infiltrate data lines and even create a gun out of nowhere. Sorry, but that's just WAY too much. Explosions, guns and fire don't kill him, but somehow the skinny enhanced human fem-dude obliterates him with her...power cell? And the human girl is the one that stabs him in the eye with it??? Cmon. -Arnold doesn't even show up until an hour is left of the movie. -Linda Hamilton has absolutely no chemistry with anyone in the film. From a character I rooted for in the first and second movies, here she's just a foul mouthed vulgar old b**** that I disliked most.

I hate this movie. Since it bombed at the movies I was still hopeful it would be a decent Terminator film before watching it, but it's all just a huge waste of everyone's time. RIP Terminator.… Expand
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muldjordJan 18, 2020
This movie lost my attention about halfway through (and even struggled to keep it that long). It lacked an interesting plot beyond the usuals (yes, this is, sadly, where we've come to). They basically remade T2 but took away the emotion andThis movie lost my attention about halfway through (and even struggled to keep it that long). It lacked an interesting plot beyond the usuals (yes, this is, sadly, where we've come to). They basically remade T2 but took away the emotion and physical palpability of the original masterpiece and substituted it with mundane bickering and surprisingly bad and overused CGI (not terrible, just a lot worse than I expected from a movie I would consider to be a high-profile flick). It suffers from the exact same thing as most modern action movies; the action is so intense and so choreographed, that it becomes silly. It lacks physical weight and feel.

Dark Fate is a moped on a racing track.

RIP Terminator franchise.… Expand
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BitmouseJan 17, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler Alert: Terminator: Dark Fate is the result of a director experiencing sophomoric inflation under the guidance of an originator who wishes to see director's under his influence/guidance fail as a means to establish his own supremacy.

Dark Fate starts off with a scene that is not only telling of the humanistic decay of Hollywood, but that of our culture as a whole. John Connor, in his youth, is unceremoniously shot by a T-800 with a shotgun twice, once in the chest at midrange, and once in the head at close range, while talking to a girl in Honduras, with his mother, as she watches on.

If that scene sounds horrific it's because it is. We have come so far from our own humanity that we are willing to sacrifice it one screen, meaninglessly, just to setup a plot.

No thought to what came before.

Was it possible to construct a meaningful Terminator "3" while honoring the plots of the previous two films? I would like to think so.

The slaughter of John Connor not only betrays the character and the audience but introduces the fundamental error possible in any story about time-travel. It unravels the plausibility of the timey-whimey reality into a ball of meaningless noodles, which if thought about burst in, "wait what's?"

The further plot is no better and is an attempt to make, "meaning," out of the initial betrayal to the audience.

I wonder if slaughtering John was a way for James Cameron to vicariously and quasi-cathartically end his relationship with Linda Hamilton, whilst simultaneously flipping her off behind his back, roses in front of him. Please, join this next film, it's going to be great, oh and we are going to kill our metaphorical son right in front of you in the first scene, to your impotence.

I can only imagine after Deadpool Tim Miller thought he could do no wrong, at the time the most successful R-rated film ever released. Failed sophomoric attempts are so common in the entertainment industry that Billy Corgan is quoted as saying the industry types, at least in music, don't expect talents to last for more than four years. Apparently the execs are going to give Tim Miller a second chance. Part of me doesn't want that to happen. Though, he is human. The rest of the film is an un-original new terminator which is literally just a combining of the previous two terminators, an ill formed attempt at being, "woke," and some not so great banter.

This was not passing the torch.

In fact I have decided that personally, for me, many of the beloved franchises never really got the new sequels. Just because it is official cannon, according to some corporation, doesn't mean it will take up the same mythopoetic space within the culture as the predecessors. You can't insist your version of the tale is the one the culture and it's melange of unconscious fantasy is going to take on. No one will really remember this film, for the most part. No one is going to analyze and use as metaphor the Star Wars sequels, for the most part. Cash grabs have that effect. They may make some sort of uncomfortable splash initially, largely pushed by the lifeless machine behind them, but they have no real impact, the deeper currents of the body of water they land in somewhat unaffected.

This recent pate of crappy sequels however says a lot more about our culture. Why are we incapable of generating anything of substance? I suggest we have forgotten the need for suffering. I am just riffing off of Camille Paglia.… Expand
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TedDawsonNov 6, 2019
Lets squeeze out some dollars of people who think, this will revive the franchise! I did not want to believe what other reviews already showed... now I saw for myself.
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NahnaNov 25, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Exterminador do Futuro onde John Connor NÃO é o "futuro da humanidade" não é Exterminador.

A tentativa de atrair o público feminista enchendo de protagonistas femininas "fortes" conseguiu entregar um resultado pior que os últimos dois filmes para exterminar de vez a franquia. Parabéns!… Expand
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ZentiriusNov 7, 2019
Feminator End of Patriarcado it's really terrible,It's boring, and it's just a political agenda.
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LimestoneButterNov 2, 2019
Another soulless sequel to a beloved franchise, but it’s not that bad. Quite entertaining, but that’s the only thing going for the movie. A muddled plot with several holes, mediocre CGI, etc. Better than Genisys, but that’s not saying much.Another soulless sequel to a beloved franchise, but it’s not that bad. Quite entertaining, but that’s the only thing going for the movie. A muddled plot with several holes, mediocre CGI, etc. Better than Genisys, but that’s not saying much. Not worthy of the Terminator name.… Expand
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zeedeeNov 3, 2019
Yet another expensive poorly written recycled hot garbage corporate cash-grab fan film that has no clue as to what made the premise/story of T1 & T2 interesting to begin with. A waste of time for fans of the first two. If all you want is okayYet another expensive poorly written recycled hot garbage corporate cash-grab fan film that has no clue as to what made the premise/story of T1 & T2 interesting to begin with. A waste of time for fans of the first two. If all you want is okay action and special effects wrapped around a shallow story, then this might be for you.… Expand
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Compi24Nov 2, 2019
It doesn't take a particularly bright mind to see the irony behind the statement, "best one since Terminator 2." Considering the circumstances in play for this oft-troubled franchise, what is that even supposed to mean? That this movie is atIt doesn't take a particularly bright mind to see the irony behind the statement, "best one since Terminator 2." Considering the circumstances in play for this oft-troubled franchise, what is that even supposed to mean? That this movie is at its worst a "mostly entertaining" entry in the franchise overall, just as "Terminator 2" was, and that that's all it needed to be? That this movie is even worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as the other successful "Terminator" films? That this movie has somehow undone the years of inadequacy and lunacy we've had to endure since "Terminator 2"? It's a desperate, simpering notion, with the emptiness that is this movie backing it up. This is a pretty decent action movie, but a woefully misguided and -- at times -- laughably conceived "Terminator" film. They've run roughshod over the lore and spit in the eye -- I feel -- of so many who admire the second film, making the mere idea of this movie having a favorable connection to it in any way an absolutely daffy one. I'm only feeling lucky in that, as a casual fan of the films, I eventually turned my brain off and disconnected from it all, ultimately coming to the conclusion mid-viewing that this still isn't a real sequel to "Terminator 2" for me. Just like the others haven't been. But I can only imagine what some of the franchise die hards must be going through. Again.… Expand
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begay32Nov 12, 2019
This movie does not make any sense. They run into story plot problems. They run into social commentary problems. This movie is WOKE garbage and deserves to flop hard.
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MickebaJan 16, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. *Massive Spoilers*
After basing the whole story on one person, now you're trying to kill him (John Connor, the hero) off and replacing him with a taco eating ****
No thank you, that **** is not acceptable.

And why would she (the taco eating **** bond with the psycho **** (the one from the future) within 24 hours enough to sleep on her lap?
Insane is why! Stockholm syndrome!

And why isn't the psycho **** (the one from the future) packing a Red Bull or two if it's well known that she runs out of juice every 5 minutes?

And why would the taco eating **** and the psycho **** (the one from the future) save the Terminator (Carl, the original Terminator) when Sarah tried to shoot him? Even though the psycho **** (the one from the future) is supposed to kill all Terminators to save the taco eating ****.

And why would she (the taco eating **** cry and tell her she saved her life when the psycho **** (the one from the future) dies? When clearly THE MAN (The original Terminator) saved her taco eating ass!

And how come they (Sarah Connor and the taco eating **** were watching the explosion of the power cell that killed the new Terminator and Carl (The original Terminator) from about 20 meters distance? When previous explosions from power cells have taken out city blocks!??

And why didn't you make the CGI better looking, more realistic? From the moment the Terminators walked up from the sea it did not look good (real).

I am glad I didn't pay to see this movie.
I have paid for the previous movies, several times. I went to the premiers on cinema and then got the DVD's, later the Bluray's, special editions and ****.
But this **** just ain't worth it!
You totally killed The Terminator now, this used to be kick-ass action!… Expand
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PowerLordNov 2, 2019
Saw it tonight with some friends is trash. I wanted to like it but could not is so dumb. Natalia Reyes was horrible looked like a child with a gun badly cast. The terminator was blah there are a few cool moments but nope this is not our terminator.
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GameAnalyzerNov 1, 2019
Well, I had gone with high expectations and that perhaps being the reason why it turned a bit underwhelming. This had to do more with Tim Miller-Jim Cameron duo doing early promos with their thoughts on the same. There are issues in howWell, I had gone with high expectations and that perhaps being the reason why it turned a bit underwhelming. This had to do more with Tim Miller-Jim Cameron duo doing early promos with their thoughts on the same. There are issues in how action sequences unfold and its pacing relative to the drama. Some of the CGI sequences could have been better and done in a better lit environment and that being one of my major issues while trying to experience it on the screen. The narrative is not so engaging like it was with Judgement Day. They had Linda Hamilton as a character and could have used it to the core but it gets undermined by the newly introduced characters that don't strike enough chord with the viewers as an engaging experience and that being the main disappointment with this one. It's more like a marginal improvement over whatever installments came after T3. To me, Rise of the machines is more closer to the league where Judgement Day and The Terminator remains. I guess it'd take something more to beat it. Atleast, it's reassuring both the mediocre/below average movies that released after T3 have finally been bettered with Tim Miller's contribution. I'm hoping a sequel would improve upon the shortcomings.… Expand
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VilhelmHortzNov 2, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie's biggest issue is not a lack of creativity. It's that the creativity is foolish. The second biggest issue is the political garbage. The third issue is its lack of respect for the cannon. They swept away the first two movies, the only great Terminator films, and did their own fan fiction version in their place. The Sarah Connor character was destroyed in this film. They swept Skynet and John Connor away at the very beginning of the film! This is no longer a Terminator film. It's a poor story that they suckered you into watching by calling it Terminator. Just like having a Star Wars movie that didn't include a light saber duel. What's wrong with Hollywood?… Expand
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McgregorNov 9, 2019
No tension, don't care about the antagonist, don't care about the protagonists, was some potential but like usual in current year hollywood these people have no talent and can't tell a story to save their lives.
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King7637Nov 9, 2019
The worse movie in the series, I totally want my money back, I never saw a so horrible piece of garbage like this movie. Extremely disappointing for the fans of the series like me.
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MonkinsaneFeb 13, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. John Connor dies in the first 5 minutes of the movie - Enough said. They Really should have stopped at T2. This movie officially killed the franchise.… Expand
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rapture2018Nov 8, 2019
One of the worst movies I ever watch in my entire life, this movie reminds me a lot to Gears 5 ironically the game have DLC characters of this movie the two movie and game are a BIG FLOP
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bill221Jan 15, 2020
I'm tired of seeing movies with old wrinkly people. No-one needs to see ARRI ALEXA LF 4.5k melanoma spots...just shoot these on film. Action scenes are cut so fast and full of crap one-liners I thought I was watching A Good Day to Die Hard.I'm tired of seeing movies with old wrinkly people. No-one needs to see ARRI ALEXA LF 4.5k melanoma spots...just shoot these on film. Action scenes are cut so fast and full of crap one-liners I thought I was watching A Good Day to Die Hard. CGI was annoying . Some shots of the evil terminator during the final fight looked creepy and really detailed and rendered well but the consistency of the CGI was like the Hobbit trilogy, some shots were amazing when some looked like Enthiran. Other than that writing, plot, fight choreography were useless.… Expand
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GoreministerNov 4, 2019
This movie isn´t worth your time. The action is bland and the CGI effects are looking poor in a lot of scenes. In comparsion it´s incredible how a movie from 1992 (T2) can beat the technical standard of a movie from 2019. On top of that theThis movie isn´t worth your time. The action is bland and the CGI effects are looking poor in a lot of scenes. In comparsion it´s incredible how a movie from 1992 (T2) can beat the technical standard of a movie from 2019. On top of that the story is boring and the mixed in gender politics are more annoying than anything else. Another franchise and legacy is treated like sh*** Sorry, but I have to say it that directly.… Expand
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toujoursNov 1, 2019
Quite a disappointment but excellent acting by Luna and McKenzie. Hamilton is also not bad, but not great. It's the same old story line as other Terminator movies except the 'prophet' has changed. But what makes this the worst is that thereQuite a disappointment but excellent acting by Luna and McKenzie. Hamilton is also not bad, but not great. It's the same old story line as other Terminator movies except the 'prophet' has changed. But what makes this the worst is that there is no decent music, the effects are average, the look and feel of the movie is like Terminator 3 and Genisys. There's no nostalgia or dark/tension/horror to it. Very little emotion or care for the characters. Of course they had to give the Terminator a wife and kid just to mess up the whole illusion. I don't know whats going on in Hollywood nowadays, but they've lost the plot completely trying to please women, lesbians, gays, and what not instead of just making a decent movie. Joker did it right. Transformers (2007) did it right. Cobra Kai series does it right. Terminator Dark Fate does not.… Expand
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rrafemiNov 2, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. He leído muchos comentarios positivos sobre Terminator Dark Fate. Que se nota que James Cameron ha participado y otros tantas alabanzas

A mi me ha parecido una mierda como una catedral. Mas de lo mismo, pero mal, como las anteriores.

La historia tonta, copiando y en cutre, la paradoja temporal de T1. La protagonista cero credibilidad. A mi no me ha convencido en absoluto.

Básicamente es como otra vez Terminator 1, pero en plan copia china.

Lo único que me ha sorprendido es la aparición de Alicia Borrachero y sus 3 minutos de escena. Creo que también aparece otro actor español, pero no recuerdo su nombre.

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la forma de matar a John Connor. Por favor, que cutrez. Me dio hasta vergüenza ajena.… Expand
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Kevin3Nov 2, 2019
Terminator dark fate si es mejor que terminator 3, genesis y salvación pero no deja de ser una mala película y aburrida lo único bueno es Sarah connor
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