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Jul 1, 2015 · Rated: 2/10 Jun 6, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies A ‘Terminator’ film brings with it certain high expectations (from some audiences), and “Genisys” doesn’t meet them.
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Jul 1, 2015 · “Terminator Genisys” kinda-sorta tries to make a point about our reliance on technology while using glossy, 3-D imagery to milk pop-culture nostalgia: namely, the sight of Arnold Schwarzenegger once again kicking butt and making puns in the role that made him a superstar over 30 years ago. Admittedly, it’s an amusing return at first.
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By Eric Goldman
Posted: Jun 29, 2015 10:22 pm
It’s been 24 years since we’ve had a truly great Terminator movie – though we did have a terrific, albeit short-lived TV series a few years back – and unfortunately, that doesn’t change with Terminator Genisys.
While the new film -- which comes from director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, Thor: The Dark World) -- offers a pretty dramatic alternate reality scenario, this is hardly the first time the convoluted Terminator franchise has seen things change from what we knew to be true. Here though, that’s a specific plot point from the get go, as Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) travels back to 1984 to save Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), only to find the situation incredibly different than he expected. Instead of a nondescript waitress, Sarah is already a hardened, battle-ready warrior, trained since childhood by a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger, of course). Well aware of the entire scenario in the future, Sarah is determined to stop Skynet once and for all (yep, again!), with a plan involving time traveling to yet another era – though that trip doesn’t go as planned, in more ways than one.
It's good to see that Genisys doesn’t specifically copy the formula from the first three Terminators – while there are obviously still robots trying to kill Sarah and Kyle, it’s not exactly the same scenario, and the three different time frames the movie takes place in enlivens the proceedings. The early scenes also are innately fun in terms of using our familiarity with the first Terminator film to fuel the story. The extended opening credits show us, for the first time, the lead-up to both the original T-800 and Kyle being sent back to 1984, and the moments right before their appearance in the first movie. And as the trailers indicate, specific scenes from The Terminator are recreated, but with a twist, as things don’t go as Kyle (or we) expect in his encounters.
However, the movie, written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier, never really comes into its own. There are a lot of obvious references to the original and several to Terminator 2 peppered through the movie and what feels like veiled nods to events and reveals from Terminator 3, Terminator Salvation and even, intentional or not, to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (when Kyle and Sarah time travel together, where they end up feels very similar to a scene from that show). These are amusing, sure, but at times pretty extraneous – it’s nice to see Miles Dyson again (here played by Courtney B. Vance), but his inclusion is ultimately inconsequential. He’s there for us to go, “Cool, Miles Dyson!” And then he doesn’t actually do anything.
Terminator Genisys isn’t lacking ideas. It has multiple realities, takes place in multiple eras and involves a familiarity with multiple movies. (In one of the film’s funnier moments, Schwarzenegger’s Terminator at one point exasperates Kyle as he attempts to explain what is going on.) But it also feels pretty messy and unfocused. There are some no...
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Watch the Terminator Genisys trailer. Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) is sent back in time by John Connor (Jason Clarke) to protect his mother, Sarah Connor (Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke), from ...
Jun 24, 2015 · Film Review: ‘Terminator Genisys’. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back (again) in this time-shuffling reboot of a series whose best days are long behind it. By Justin Chang. Courtesy of Paramount ...
Jul 1, 2015 · Terminator Genisys: Directed by Alan Taylor. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney. When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.
