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Overview

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Director:
McG
Writers (WGA):
John D. Brancato (written by) &
Michael Ferris (written by)
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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
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Awards:
5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2896 articles)
Terminator Salvation (Director’s Cut) Blu-ray Review
 (From Screen Rant. 29 November 2009, 10:01 PM, PST)

The Satellites Have Launched. What Are They Orbiting?
 (From FilmExperience. 29 November 2009, 6:22 PM, PST)

User Comments:
I doubt they will be back........ more (762 total)

Cast

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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 T-101 arrived in 1984 at the Griffith Park Observatory. This is the same place Marcus and Kyle went to get a car in this movie. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Dr. Serena Kogan is standing over Marcus Wright, her head is between him and the light above, him but when it shows his face there is no shadow. more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Marcus Wright: What day is it? What year?
Kyle Reese: 2018.
Marcus Wright: What happened here?
Kyle Reese: Judgment Day happened.
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Rooster more

FAQ

If Reese came into contact with the T-800 Model 101 prototype in this film, how come he didn't recognize the T-101 until it tried to kill Sarah in the original?
Why don't we see any futuristic weapons, like the laser guns?
Was the T-800 harder to destroy than in the previous movies?
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23 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
I doubt they will be back........, 1 August 2009
7/10
Author: gevalero from Mexico City

Not as bad as I was expecting it to be but certainly the worst TERMINATOR movie (yet). SALVATION has got the action, the chases and the explosions but one really couldn't care less about the characters with the women being the very worst (what was the point of bringing Jane Alexander out of retirement for a bland two minute role?). It's good to know though that in the near apocalyptic future the women are still hot and shampoo is available in abundance (Bloodgood) as is makeup (Howard). And for me, the most annoying & recent trend from these movies: in I and II you just knew that if the Terminators got within a hair of their targets they were most likely toast, now in III and specially in IV they get to John Connor, grab his shirt, throw him into the air while he miraculously lands on a soft surface, unfortunately for Skynet these more recent Terminators are too dumb to figure out this isn't going to get the job done anytime soon. No wonder the sense of excitement has pretty much gone from this series.

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