Terminator Salvation

"The end begins."

2009 1h 55m EN

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6.1

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33%

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 7,288🥫33%Rotten Tomatoes●49Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 388,740

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Synopsis

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All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

“The end begins.”

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Cast

Christian Bale
John Connor
Sam Worthington
Marcus Wright
Moon Bloodgood
Blair Williams
Helena Bonham Carter
Serena
Anton Yelchin
Kyle Reese
Common
Barnes
Zach McGowan
Soldier on Osprey
Bryce Dallas Howard
Kate Connor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: McG
Writers: John Brancato, Michael Ferris, Steven E. Gordon
Languages: English, Italian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Terminator Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by McG, shot by Shane Hurlbut. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Conrad Buff IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Christian Bale and Sam Worthington and Moon Bloodgood carry the top of the cast.

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The take

McG directs. Shane Hurlbut behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Conrad Buff IV cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian.

Trivia

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1Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
4Part of the "The Terminator Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by McG, shot by Shane Hurlbut. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Conrad Buff IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Christian Bale and Sam Worthington and Moon Bloodgood carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The end begins.".
10IMDB entry: tt0438488 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "army", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "saving the world", "prophecy".
12Released under 36 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Shane Hurlbut
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Conrad Buff IV
Production design: Martin Laing
Costume design: Michael Wilkinson
Makeup / hair: Kimberly Greene
VFX supervisor: Ben Snow
Sound: Ron Bartlett
Stunt coordinator: Tom Struthers
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000,000
Box office: $371,353,001
Return: 186% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Terminator Salvation (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 33% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 49/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 388,740 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

2 wins & 14 nominations total

Part of

The Terminator Collection

A series of science-fiction films about the futuristic conflict between the humans led by John Connor and the Terminators that are made and controlled by Skynet, a self-aware super computer that started Armageddon and may indeed end humanity for good. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the T-800 (Model 101).

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What people are saying

Anton2k2012-07-24
What can I say about this movie, its amazing! full of explosions and action. The setting is slightly different than other terminator films but I like this new "survival" setting more so than the older terminators. Terminator 2 was and always will be my favourite terminator movie but this one sure comes close, defiantly my second favourite terminator movie. There is only so much a review can tell you but this is a must watch movie for any one who has not seen it yet.
Mas Manado2012-11-03
★ 7/10
worst of the terminator series
Jodie2017-02-18
★ 6/10
What can I say about Terminator Salvation? It's a decent addition to the Terminator series, but has major issues. Some would say that it is the worst of the series, but I disagree. T3 will always hold that top honor for me. It was nice to see the return of Kyle Reeese. It was a different look at a character that was forgotten to quickly. John Connor was a bit stale and I wanted way from his character. It was nice to see this future everyone spoke about in past films, Problem was this film felt darker than all the others, excluding T1. The first film was pretty dark but had a storyline And an R Rating to back that up. This film just didn't feel like it belonged to the Terminator world. And a few nostalgic lines and visuals did nothing to make it feel like it was part of the franchise. All of that being said, the film still had some decent action scenes and some interesting moments. It's not bad, but its not fantastic either.