Terminator Salvation
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 21, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
23
Negative:
7
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35
Film.comLaremy Legel
The sound is great, the explosions are great, the look and feel could have been turned into something special. It’s the words and plot that are huge negatives here. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Terrifically dull, full of ear-searing sound design and much yakkity-yakking about the fate of humanity but entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer matinee fun. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Terminator Salvation has no brains and no soul; it's just a mass of stiff, creaking metal joints. Clearly, the machines have won. Read full review
30
TimeMary Pols
What's lacking is the sense of emotional balance and urgency that the original Terminator, though just a B movie, was blessed with--the quality that earned it fans in the first place. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
When Christian Bale allowed himself to play Bruce Wayne in "Batman Begins," he was slumming - and to good effect. But with Terminator Salvation, this ostensibly serious actor takes up residence in the action ghetto, and it's not a good fit. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
With much buzzing, beeping and whirring, the Terminator franchise comes to an absolute creative standstill, or even goes clankingly into reverse, with this fantastically dull fourth episode. Read full review
20
The TelegraphSukhdev Sandhu
It’s a catastrophically bad movie whose aggressive dullness and dumbness can best be reproduced by picking up a brick and slamming it against one’s forehead for two hours. Read full review
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