Terminator Genisys

"Reset the future."

2015 2h 6m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 9,226

Science FictionActionThriller

Synopsis

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The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

“Reset the future.”

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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Guardian / The Terminator
Jason Clarke
John Connor
Emilia Clarke
Sarah Connor
Jai Courtney
Kyle Reese
J.K. Simmons
O'Brien
Dayo Okeniyi
Danny Dyson
Matt Smith
Alex / Skynet
Courtney B. Vance
Miles Dyson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alan Taylor
Writers: Jane Wu, Karl Shefelman, Alex Hillkurtz
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$155M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

CAST

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326+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alan Taylor, shot by Kramer Morgenthau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lorne Balfe. 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 Roger Barton 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

ERA

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Clarke and Emilia Clarke carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alan Taylor directs. Kramer Morgenthau behind the camera. Lorne Balfe scores. Roger Barton cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$155M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Part of the "The Terminator Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4326+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Alan Taylor, shot by Kramer Morgenthau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Lorne Balfe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Clarke and Emilia Clarke carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Reset the future.".
10IMDB entry: tt1340138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 13 themes, including "future", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "saving the world", "cyborg".
12Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kramer Morgenthau
Original score: Lorne Balfe
Editing: Roger Barton
Production design: Neil Spisak
Costume design: Susan Matheson
Makeup / hair: Donna Spahn
VFX supervisor: Peter Bebb
Sound: Jason W. Jennings
Stunt coordinator: James M. Churchman
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $155,000,000
Box office: $440,603,537
Return: 284% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Terminator Genisys (2015)

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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Gimly2020-04-05
★ 5/10
Some people have said that Terminator: Genisys is disrespectful to its source material (first two films) but I disagree. Out of what is clearly a massive homage to Judgement Day, Genisys gives away the entire plot and central “twist” in its promotional material months before its release, just like Judgement Day did! All levity aside, Terminator: Genisys is not great. They took some risks with their casting and it didn’t explode in their face which is nice, a lot of the effects were very visually impressive, and it was fun to see the weapons of the future be purple lasers again, but these aren’t things that make a good movie by themselves. When you mix them up with a plot that doesn’t completely make sense, a story that’s just plain not all that great, some hammy dialogue and a lacklustre ending, then you SPOIL YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE IN THE TRAILERS AND POSTERS, then you’re lucky to even be coming away with a middle of the road score like this one. At least it’s not Rise of the Machines. Final rating: ★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 1/10
Terminator Salvation was pretty bad, but this brings it to a whole new level. What we have hear is a reboot of the canon that no one actually asked for, that no one actually wanted, and that makes really no sense. Honestly, it's even worse than T3, which at least felt like a continuation of the series. Here everything is changed so much that, well, there is nothing left. It took the entire Terminator franchise, and re-worked it to kill all the canon, all the mythology, for no apparent reason whatsoever. And what you have left is a disheveled mess that is guaranteed to make the old fans give up and walk away because of the sheer needlessness alone.
Dr Nostromo2026-04-01
★ 8/10
75/100 When Kyle Reese is sent back to 1984 to save Sarah Connor, he finds that everything has changed, including timelines, and he's having memories of events he never lived. This film gets a lot of flak as being confusing. I don't care ...it's a time travel story. None of them make sense, if you think about it. This one has lots of incredible action, a complex story (that you can follow if you're paying attention) and a logical conclusion. Has a good deal of humor in it, as well ...especially the constant one-upmanship contest between Kyle and the Terminator. Good fun! -- DrNostromo.com