Terminator: Dark Fate (4K Ultra-HD + Blu-Ray)

Linda Hamilton (“Sarah Connor”) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (“T-800”) return in their iconic roles in Terminator: Dark Fate, directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and produced by visionary filmmaker James Cameron and David Ellison. Following the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: Dark Fate also stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Diego Boneta.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2023
A repackaging of T2.. If that's saying anything. Despite some understandable misgivings over the casting, Mackenzie Davies delivers another good performance and capably fleshes out the role. Ironically, I think that the film loses momentum when the characters of Sarah Connor and the latest T-800 incarnation make their appearance. Up till that point, the story is evolving into an exciting hunter-prey chase scene. The antagonist also is an interesting development over the original T-1000 with a new ability not seen in the series.

So what about the story? I identify a 'reskin' of T2 by a committee of 16 writers inc James Cameron. Some fan-service and winks to the intended audience and a few interesting ideas. It's Ok. And after 5 poor to mediocre retreads at least the committee tried to do something different and partially succeeded. This is, after all, what the fans wanted. Wasn't it? (C+ raised to B because Arnie)


Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2023
Superb entertainment


Like most terminator fans I was excited about the return of James Cameron to the franchise he created way back in 1984. And what was being said about this being a direct sequel to T2 and ignoring the previous three films helped me to believe this would be great and the best news, Linda Hamilton was returning. But the warning signs were there, James Cameron was one of the few people who praised Terminator Genisys and the direction it took. Also the fact that Deadpool director Tim Miller was at the helm was also good.
But then I went to see the film and discovered that this was not a continuation of the story after T2 but just another reboot. And the start looked promising, Linda Hamilton from T2 explaining the events of judgement day for about a minute and a half. Three minutes later of course the unthinkable, John Connor(Edward Furlong) is shot and killed by a terminator, the same make and model as the first two. This act renders T1 and T2 pointless and seems to be used only as a way to get Annie into this thing as ridiculous as the plot hole it creates. How could this terminator exist if skynet was defeated, was there more than one time displacement facility and the resistance just did not know. But my biggest issue with the death of John Connor is that it was Cameron’s idea. Remember back in 1992 when Alien 3 was released and Newt and Hicks were killed in the opening credits and fans of Aliens and JC himself were not happy about it at all(I was one of them by the way). So given the reaction then what made JC think he could get away with it with the terminator now? And it is a shame because this is the best made terminator movie since T2 and gets a lot of things right, mostly the return to an adult rating the terminator was never meant to be family friendly. Linda Hamilton is the best thing in the film despite what was done to her character. Arnold is also good but his terminator story arc in the film is utterly unbelievable. Remember back in T2 when John Connor had to pull out the terminator’s processor and alter it so the the terminator could learn to be more human, clearly the writers of this movie did not. Turning one of the best movie villains ever created into a drapes salesman just for laughs is unforgivable. Mackenzie Davis as Grace an upgraded human protector from the new even darker future puts in a fine performance given the limits of her character and do not get me started on how pointless the subplot of Grace needing several medications regularly because of her upgrades and how Sarah Connor is able to guess the dosage of each of these which makes this subplot pointless as well. Gabriel Luna is convincing as the Rev 9, he clearly watched Robert Patrick’s T1000 from T2 for inspiration. Natalia Reyes as Dani the new saviour of the human race is pretty good but the scenes of her in the future do not do her any favours. The action and special effects are well produced but the OTT sequence on the plane feels out of place and only there to increase the spectacle. So overall a good film that could have been great if it was what it said it was going to be a continuation of T1 and T2 and not what we got a Genisys inspired reboot of a classic that fails to hit the same heights and if James Cameron cannot save the terminator franchise maybe it is time to say hasta la vista baby!