Actors: Linda Hamilton, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna
Rating: 8 out of 10, A very good
reboot of the iconic movie franchise. Both Linda Hamilton and the Governator
return in age appropriate roles. They were the best part of the original two
movies and Hamilton is outstanding continuing her kick ass mentality well into
her senior years. The script does a very good job of weaving the plot into the
original mythology and tells the same type of story although the John Conner
role is assumed by a feisty Mexican gal. Her savior from the future isn’t a
terminator but an enhanced human warrior, also female. You do not want to piss
these women off. They’re pursued by yet another upgraded terminator who
combines the scariest aspects of all prior incarnations. The action is almost
non-stop but there’s a liberal amount of sly humor injected, especially when
Arnold shows up as a drape salesman. Yep. I also loved the small tributes to
the original movies liberally laced throughout. I thought the franchise was
dead but like the damned terminators themselves, there is life yet. I loved it.
MVP: Schwarzenegger reprising his role
as a T-800
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