Terminator Salvation

The End Begins

Arnie's not back, but the characters are. Set back in the past when John Connor was a young man, this film follows their battles against Skynet. A newcomer, a convicted murderer, is keen to meet John, but John and his friends become suspicious of the killer when they discover something about him. As the decisive battle with the Skynet forces looms closer, John must contend with the murderer, as well as rescue his own future father from a Skynet camp, before the battle actually breaks out.

102 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Violence).
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

You won't be back.

Credits

Cast	Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Jadagrace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common
Director	McG
Screenplay	John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Music	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Shane Hurlbut
Editing	Conrad Buff IV
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2009
Produced by	The Halycon Company, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Science fiction, action, adventure
Language	Mild in context, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Moderate to strong unrealistic sci-fi violence, sustained
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo	10
Die Burger Mariana Malan	15
Cape Times Betsy Sharkey	10
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden	13
The Citizen Bruce Dennill	13
24.com Niel Bekker	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Anyway, most of the running time is occupied by action sequences, chase sequences, motorcycle sequences, plow-truck sequences, helicopter sequences, fighter-plane sequences, towering android sequences and fistfights. It gives you all the pleasure of a video game without the bother of having to play it.	10
eye Weekly Adam Nayman It’s frankly boring to watch John Connor (Christian Bale) stalking around dusty landscapes, bellowing into communication devices about how to best win the war against the machines, etc.	5
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Even with a rusty script, T4 still manages to blend action and feeling.	13
ScreenIt C. Fuchs As a summer popcorn action pic, it's fairly entertaining, which may just make it a hit.	12
Metacritic.com 35 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 193 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer With storytelling as robotic as the film's iconic villains, Terminator Salvation offers plenty of great effects but lacks the heart of the original films.	7
What the People say
Internet 20184 Netizens It was a loud action film with no substance.	15
Average .. 55%	11