Terminator - Salvation Details

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'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins

Christian Bale plays John Connor this time around in the upcoming Terminator film. According to Warner Bros, the future has been altered slightly by the apperance of a new character, Marcus Wright (played by Sam Worthington), who is supposedly a de-commissioned Terminator. His last memory is of being on death row.

Connor (Bale), cannot decide whether this stranger has been sent from the future or rescued from the past, but as Skynet prepare their final onslaught to humankind, Connor and Wright both embark on a journey into the heart of their operations, where they find out a terrible secret that could lead to the entire annihilation of mankind.

Also stars Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor (John's wife) and Roland Kickinger as the prototype T-800 (the new Terminator).

Unfortunately there will be no Arnold Schwarzenegger this time round!!

It will be released in North America on the 22nd May 2009, so probably a late spring/early summer release for over here in the UK.

It's also been confirmed the Helena Bonham Carter will be taking part in a small cameo appearance in the film as a character called Serena.

It's going to be a stand alone film, abandoning the formula of the first trilogy (don't know how that will work though!).

It will be the beginning of a new trilogy of Terminator films, with Bale signing on as Connor for the next 2 sequels to Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.

Sounds good, lets hope it actually is good.

Christian Bale is so awful as John Connor!

Being a Terminator fan, this film left me very disappointed! This film has no feeling of continuity from the previous

legendary classics.As far as I am concerned it could have been a stand alone film. The greatest detractor to this instalment was the fatal mistake made in casting Bale as John Connor. I've never liked him very much as he always seemed to take himself far too seriously and his much reported outbursts certainly don't help him much, but he is starting to bring in his horrid personality to the screen. His performance as the legendary Connor was wooden and mechanical.For someone who is supposed to be saving humanity from the machines, he might as well have been one! There was no sense of real chemistry and connection between him and his pregnant companion or for that matter with Karl Reese who is supposedly the man who fathered him.The only saving grace is the casting of Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright:it's a shame that he won't be returning. Despite being half man, half machine (in the movie), Worthington gave a really amazing performance, that with any other actor could have gone really wrong. I won't be watching any more Terminators (well if I do happen to watch it won't be a cinema trip, it will be when it comes out on DVD), as Bale gives a very stark performance as Connor. Which is a shame seeing as the previous actors(Furlong was my favourite of the 3 adolescent Connors) did such a good job in laying down the foundation for the adult Connor, only for the bigheaded, overrated Bale to come along and spoil it for the fans!.