Terminator Salvation is a good action flick, with two great lead actors. It is just a little bit more detached than the last one.Like most action flicks, this film lacks emotion and heart and is fairly cold, except in the last moments. To compare it to a similar film like "War of the Worlds," where the machines controlled by aliens are taking the humans like cattle, there is a sheer intensity and determination of Cruise's character to rescue his daughter along with the quality action. I got absolutely nothing but annoyance out of the Kyle Reese and Star characters. Yelchin can act I've seen it, but half his screen time is spent yelling STAR! STAR! Worthington's character's story line is superb and the moment John gets him to look down and see that he isn't human is the highlight of the film. All the various machines and battles are terrific and Bale and Worthington excellent. I liked it.

Once upon a time three great movies were made but unfortunately a fourth was made. The first time I watched Terminator Salvation I had great difficulty getting through it. Five years after I made the bad decision to buy this movie new on DVD, I watched it again. You can guess it is a cheap movie when the settings are mostly very dark and show little except destruction. Now I know that Christian Bale can act as I enjoyed his performances in Treasure Island and 3:10 To Yuma but I despise every Batman movie. It is my opinion that Christian Bale did NO acting in Terminator Salvation and I think there was very limited acting in Terminator Salvation. My favorite two performances in Terminator Salvation are by Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams and Jadagrace as Star. I forced myself to watch the entire movie. Well, that will be the last time. I totally disagree with the way the plot is written. This movie makes John Connor look like some total failure of a person who couldn't lead a cockroach. Sam Worthington gives a bit better performance as Marcus Wright the executed man who comes back as a man-machine. But this performance is still fractured. That is a good word for this movie = fractured. Actually, when I compare Terminator Salvation to the first three Terminator movies, I am totally disgusted that such a mess was made = Terminator Salvation.

I really dind't like this movie. Christian Bale is allright but the script and plot feel like B-grade movie stuff. Where is the original actor? They could have better waited till all good ingredients were in place before making this movie. I did like the special effects.

How was this allowed to happen to the terminator? How? This is the worst attempt at a sequel I have ever had the misfortune to experience. I am actually angry this was so bad! This is yet another visual showcase with absolutely no substance whatsoever. The characters are meaningless, empty and pointless. The acting is cringeworthy. The terminators just look like transformers. They've butchered the original. This film was obvious made by someone who doesn't grasp how the original terminator 1 movie was so successful. It's amazing to me how someone so incompetent got the keys to one of the greatest stories in film history. This should be an example to young film makers everywhere of how film disasters can happen. Awful "movie".