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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
McG
Writers (WGA):
John D. Brancato (written by) &
Michael Ferris (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 May 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
The End Begins more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2867 articles)
This week's DVD and Blu-ray releases
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User Comments:
Fantastic action and effects, but check your disbelief at the door... more (748 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Project Angel (USA) (fake working title)
T4: Salvation (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Terminator 4 (USA) (working title)
Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (USA) (working title)
Terminator salvation - L'inizio della fine (Italy)
Terminator: Die Erlösung (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language.; Rated R for some violence and brief nudity. (director's cut)
Runtime:
115 min | 118 min (director's cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The third Terminator film to have the line, "Come with me if you want to live." In The Terminator (1984), Kyle Reese says it to Sarah Connor at the Tech-Noir club. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the Terminator says it to Sarah Connor when they first meet at the mental institution. In 'Salvation' Kyle Reese says it to Marcus Wright when they first meet. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), a paraphrased version of this line ("Do you wanna live? Come on!") is spoken by John Connor to Kate Brewster when he and the T-850 rescue her in the graveyard. "Come with me if you want to live" is also spoken by Cameron in the pilot episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008), when rescuing the teenage John Connor from the 'Cromartie' T-888. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Marcus Wright learns how and why he was programmed he throws a table at the see-through screen. A wire attached to the table can be seen suspended from it as it comes to rest, essentially hanging in the air. more
Quotes:
John Connor: [from trailer] If we stay the course, we are dead! WE ARE ALL DEAD! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Spike's Guys Choice (2009) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
You Could Be Mine more

FAQ

Where can I see the official trailer(s) for Terminator Salvation?
Why didn't Nick Stahl and Claire Danes return?
So if Skynet knew that Kyle Reese would become John Connor's father, why not kill Kyle and get rid of John that way?
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92 out of 152 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastic action and effects, but check your disbelief at the door..., 26 May 2009
7/10
Author: phalanx256 from Dallas, TX, United States

TS is a film that will wow your eyes and ears. It will be a standard for demonstrating the latest high-end home theater systems for several years. Do not, however, go to this film to stimulate the imagination. The plot has many holes patched with barely-there plot devices. I'm reminded of the film Thank You For Smoking when the character Jeff Mengall spoke of Hollywood plot holes getting filled with lines like "Thank God we invented the... you know, whatever device." In previous Terminator films, you could always assume that sending anything back in time took a lot of energy and resources - that's why you could accept that there was only one Terminator instead of 2+ working together. In this film, we are made to believe that fighting Skynet is like out-maneuvering a herd of angry elephants with laser beams on their heads.

In all, I gave this film a 7 because it does what a good futuristic action film should do: wows the eyes and ears. Just don't forget to check your disbelief at the door.

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