Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

TheGDfather I have seen a lot of reviews on here, more than I usually read. And it is way too many 1's. This movie is no where near a one rating. I've been watching a lot of movies since I was a little kid. From cheesy 80's flicks, to straight to TV. This is no where near a 1. This movie sits at a 7 for me. Would have got an 8 but I'm super hard on the female acting in these new generation of movies.This movie by now is 9 years old so nothing would be giving it away. But with that said Linda Hamilton in the first one was 19 years old. And she can act. Which is why 7 or 8 years later in Terminator 2 her acting was polished the movie was even better. It is not a secret if the female character can act you are going to have a good movie. The female acting in this movie was decent which is why it got a 7 from me.But I can see why people gave this a one. The first Terminators were scary. The machine just kept going. You also had the awesome 80's music, along with the clothes. I mean seriously Sarah O conner was riding an 80's scoter and listening to head phones. And going to the club. Just a lot of vintage stuff in that movie which brought it back to the 80's. The 90's was even better in T2, crazy hair cuts, dirt bikes and the graphics in that at the time were unique. But they did try to incorporate some of the old ideas. John Conner goes "come with me if you want to live", the motor cycle scene still is exciting as it was almost 30 years ago. The naked terminator. Normally during these remakes I get bored or fall asleep. It was action through the whole movie. I don't know if it was christian bale. Or who it was. But I felt entertained. If people came here looking at this review thinking they are get a play by play of the movie. I'm not doing that with this one. You have to watch and please don't listen to these negative reviews. They want to live in the past on something that has already been done. Once again don't try to watch this thinking this is going to be like the fist 2. It is not. Its just going to be great acting and simply a plot that action. Nothing over the top where its mind blowing. Expecting this movie to be like the first 1 where they were on to something new, and the second one where they had some super special effects is asking too much. It was well written movie. And its great to have all the Terminators. Cause I do.

judemom This movie makes no sense at all the script and plot is such a mess the acting is bad the action is pretty boring and the movie actually gets worse as it goes along i find no enjoyment in this movie at all the special effects are ugly the color pallet is also very ugly and it's pg-13 the first three were rated r you can't just go to pg 13 just like that but i have noting else to really say sorry.

the_prince_of_frogs Once upon a time three great movies were made but unfortunately a fourth was made. The first time I watched Terminator Salvation I had great difficulty getting through it. Five years after I made the bad decision to buy this movie new on DVD, I watched it again. You can guess it is a cheap movie when the settings are mostly very dark and show little except destruction. Now I know that Christian Bale can act as I enjoyed his performances in Treasure Island and 3:10 To Yuma but I despise every Batman movie. It is my opinion that Christian Bale did NO acting in Terminator Salvation and I think there was very limited acting in Terminator Salvation. My favorite two performances in Terminator Salvation are by Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams and Jadagrace as Star. I forced myself to watch the entire movie. Well, that will be the last time. I totally disagree with the way the plot is written. This movie makes John Connor look like some total failure of a person who couldn't lead a cockroach. Sam Worthington gives a bit better performance as Marcus Wright the executed man who comes back as a man-machine. But this performance is still fractured. That is a good word for this movie = fractured. Actually, when I compare Terminator Salvation to the first three Terminator movies, I am totally disgusted that such a mess was made = Terminator Salvation.

Chiller7 I'm not the hugest fan of the Terminator franchise. I watched them all long after their original release dates, watched most of them no more than once, and I watched them out of order. I finally got around to watching Terminator Salvation the other night, to finally see the last one of the franchise that I had yet to see, and... it was great! Probably the best one of the franchise aside from Terminator 2.And yet, critics and the fanbase attacked this as one of the worst? What? I don't get it. Goes to show that angry fanboy attitudes extend beyond Star Wars prequels & superhero reboots. Try something a little different and the so-called fans will revolt...I liked seeing a war-against-the-machines movie set entirely in the future, with no time travel storyline. I liked the intense action style, shot with hand-held cameras, like you're on the ground with the soldiers in the middle of a warzone. I liked that every robot and war-machine, from the machine-gun toting Terminators to the sleek black motorcycles to the giant mecha ones, had dangerous and a threatening presence.The Sam Worthington storyline was intriguing and unique. Is he still a man or a machine or what? If I had to complain about anything though, it's that Sam Worthington's accent noticeably slips into distinctly non-American on more than a handful of instances throughout the movie.Anyway, it was all pretty cool. What's not to like?