"You just go and you don't look back."
Commencing with a literal bang, Terminator Genisys features a strong, succint introduction. Having never fully followed a piece of the Terminator saga, I was quickly briefed on the story within the first few minutes of Genisys. As Kyle Reese travels in time to prevent Judgment Day and the launch of Skynet, Sarah Connor and the well-known Guardian played by Arnold Schwarzenegger are an unlikely but loyal pair to assist in staving off a world ruled by machines.
Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese seems like an odd fit for the role until he begins to develop the unavoidable relationship with Sarah played by Emilia Clarke. As for Clarke's role, her portrayal of Sarah Connor was seemingly awkward until her relationship with Reese further developed. Taking an aerial view of the film, this was the first in a while where I did not feel a relationship with the characters, but rather watched and maintained a view point from the third person. I felt very little connection with these roles, although it did not interfere with my liking of the movie overall.
John Connor played by Jason Clarke felt a bit off. In my opinion, this was mainly due to the awful make up on screen. The deep scars in his face up close lost all validity. Considering his concrete role in the film, this caught me by surprise. Often Schwarzenegger's makeup also had the same downfall. While the appearance of the characters seems to fall a bit short, the action and fighting scenes amongst machines, humans and between the two is to be appreciated. I personally have high standards for action scenes and these standards were met without reservation.
Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese, John Connor and the Guardian are the obvious primary cast members of this film, however, worth mentioning is a program by Skynet called Genisys that takes on a role of its own. Fathered by John Connor (from another dimension), Genisys is a beastly AI version of our present day Cloud, promising to make lives easier through seamless technological integration whilst also threatening the world's end. The fusion of this scarily plausible interface could have stood to be featured further in this film; otherwise, the character of Genisys was a nice and refreshing addition to the Terminator saga.
The screentime for Terminator Genisys falls at 126 minutes. This does seem a bit long. That aside, the film overall was pretty solid. The plot development took care of the details and didn't leave many questions to linger. Incorporation of the backstory was absolutely seamless.
"The future is not set."
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