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Terminator Salvation (2009)

PG_13  115 min  -  Action | Drama | Sci-Fi   -  21 May 2009 (USA)
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After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Bale ...
Sam Worthington ...
Moon Bloodgood ...
Helena Bonham Carter ...
Anton Yelchin ...
Jadagrace ...
Star (as Jadagrace Berry)
Bryce Dallas Howard ...
Common ...
Jane Alexander ...
Michael Ironside ...
Ivan G'Vera ...
General Losenko (as Ivan Gvera)
Chris Browning ...
Dorian Nkono Dorian Nkono ...
Beth Bailey ...
Victor J. Ho ...
Mark (as Victor Ho)
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Storyline

In 2003, in the Longview State Correctional Facility, the criminal Marcus Wright is on death row, and is convinced by the cancerous Dr. Serena Kogan to donate his body to her research and he accepts. In 2018, after an unsuccessful attack to a Skynet facility, only John Connor survives, but he discovers that Skynet is developing the powerful new model T-800. Out of the blue, Marcus appears naked and with amnesia in the location. Marcus befriends the teenager Kyle Reese and the girl Star who help him to survive the lethal machines and they travel together in a Jeep. Meanwhile the resistance discovers a signal that might turn-off the machines and John offers to test it. When Kyle is captured by a machine and brought to the Skynet headquarters, Marcus decides to help the youngster and heads to Skynet; on the way, he saves Blair Williams who suggests to him that he should meet John Connor first... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Machine | Future | Army | Death Row | Rescue  | See more »

Taglines:

We Fight Back See more »

Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language See all certifications »

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USA | Germany | UK | Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

T4: Salvation See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$51,943,726 (USA) (24 May 2009) (3530 Screens)

Gross:

$372,046,055 (Worldwide) (13 September 2009)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

SDDS  | Dolby Digital  | DTS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

This is the first film in which John Connor and his father Kyle Reese have appeared together (if one disregards the Special Edition of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where Kyle Reese makes an appearance in a dream sequence that was deleted from the Theatrical Version). See more »

Goofs

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the first Terminator, Kyle Reese explains to Sarah that he was born in the camps and bred as a soldier of the resistance. In Salvation, we can clearly see that he was just an ordinary civilian survivor of the war and did not become an actual resistance soldier until he was a young man. This is not necessarily a goof, as it has been established in both the films and the Sarah Connor TV series that time travel into the past changes the future. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Dr. Serena Kogan: Marcus. How are you?
Marcus Wright: Ask me in an hour.
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Connections

Referenced in "Entourage: No More Drama (#6.7)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Main Title"
from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Written by Brad Fiedel
Used courtesy of StudioCanal See more »