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Terminator - Pelastus

Original title: Terminator Salvation
  • 2009
  • K-16
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
377K
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Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
Terminator Salvation - Trailer #2
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In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and ... Read allIn 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?

  • Director
    • McG
  • Writers
    • John Brancato
    • Michael Ferris
  • Stars
    • Christian Bale
    • Sam Worthington
    • Anton Yelchin
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    377K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,491
    59
    • Director
      • McG
    • Writers
      • John Brancato
      • Michael Ferris
    • Stars
      • Christian Bale
      • Sam Worthington
      • Anton Yelchin
    • 1.1KUser reviews
    • 427Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 14 nominations

    Videos38

    Terminator Salvation
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    Terminator Salvation: Teaser Trailer
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    Dark Fate for Terminator Franchise or a Requel That Works?
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    What We Know About 'Terminator: Dark Fate' ... So Far
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    Terminator Salvation: "What the hell are you doing here?"
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    Terminator Salvation - "We must abort the attack"
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    Terminator Salvation: If You're Listening To This You Are The Resistance
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    Terminator Salvation Director's Cut: John Lands
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    Terminator Salvation Director's Cut: Hunter Killer
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    Photos297

    Sam Worthington in Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
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    Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
    Sam Worthington in Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
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    Sam Worthington in Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
    Sam Worthington in Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
    Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
    Christian Bale and Esodie Geiger in Terminator - Pelastus (2009)
    Sam Worthington in Terminator - Pelastus (2009)

    Cast

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    Christian Bale
    Christian Bale
    • John Connor
    Sam Worthington
    Sam Worthington
    • Marcus Wright
    Anton Yelchin
    Anton Yelchin
    • Kyle Reese
    Moon Bloodgood
    Moon Bloodgood
    • Blair Williams
    Helena Bonham Carter
    Helena Bonham Carter
    • Dr. Serena Kogan
    Jadagrace
    Jadagrace
    • Star
    • (as Jadagrace berry)
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    • Kate Connor
    Common
    Common
    • Barnes
    Jane Alexander
    Jane Alexander
    • Virginia
    Michael Ironside
    Michael Ironside
    • General Ashdown
    • Director
      • McG
    • Writers
      • John Brancato
      • Michael Ferris
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Old recordings of Sarah Connor are played in the film, with lines nearly word-for-word from Terminator - tuhoaja (1984). Linda Hamilton voiced the lines herself in an uncredited role.
    • Goofs
      In the first Terminator - tuhoaja (1984), 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. He could have been exaggerating to impress her in the first movie. Alternately, the time travels of the sequels could have changed the events of his early life.
    • Quotes

      John Connor: The devil's hands have been busy. What is it?

      Kate Connor: It's real flesh and blood, though it seems to heal itself quickly. The heart is human and very powerful. The brain, too, but with a chip interface.

      Marcus Wright: What have you done to me?

      Kate Connor: It has a hybrid nervous system. One human cortex, one machine.

      Marcus Wright: Blair, what have they done?

      John Connor: Who built you?

      Marcus Wright: My name is Marcus Wright.

      John Connor: You think you're human?

      Marcus Wright: I am human.

    • Alternate versions
      Released on Blu-Ray as an R-rated director's cut with about three minutes of extra footage:
      • When John Connor and company infiltrate the underground base, a sentry robot pops up and is quickly dispatched. This scene was present in the teaser trailer.
      • Extra dialogue between Connor and Ashdown on the submarine. Ashdown points a gun at Connor's head and says he doesn't believe in prophecy.
      • Blair bathes in the rain for a moment then sees Marcus looking at her. She covers herself and Marcus turns away.
      • The scene with the two marauders is more violent. Marcus is actually showing stabbing one of them in the shoulder with a screwdriver, the fistfight with the second guy is longer, and a bloody impact is seen when Blair shoots one of the marauders in the leg.
      • Longer dialogue from Blair during the campfire scene with Marcus.
      • The sequence of the man being shot trying to scale the fence at the Skynet processing center is slightly longer.
      • John Connor's speech to the remaining resistance forces is extended.
      • The fight between the T-800 and Marcus is a few seconds longer.
      • Marcus trying to revive John Connor is slightly longer.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      The Terminator Theme
      Written by Brad Fiedel

      Used courtesy of StudioCanal

    User reviews1.1K

    Review
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    Featured review
    7/10
    A dark and gritty view of the future
    I had doubts about this film when it was released but despite all the negative feedback that it has received, I really liked it.

    John Connor, for once, is portrayed as a strong albeit reluctant hero and leader instead of a whiny kid afraid of his future and Christian Bale portrays him very well, capturing the desperation and tortured emotions of a man who has to fulfil a destiny that he is starting to doubt. However, the main focus of this film is given to Marcus Wright, a mystery man portrayed by Sam Worthington who awakens in a post apocalyptic future and tries to figure out how he ended up there. The emotions that the character goes through as he discovers startling revelations about himself are all shown convincingly by Worthington, who brings a tough but also remorseful and vulnerable appeal to Marcus's plight.

    The third important character in the movie is Kyle Reese, the paradoxical father of John Connor who at this point is only a teenager and portrayed by Anton Yelchin, who played Chekov in the recent Star Trek movie. Reese is shown to be a hero worshipper of the resistance, especially Connor and is compelled to join him, showing traits that would be associated with the character when played by Michael Biehn back in 1984.

    The story of the film mostly revolves around Connor trying to find Reese but also about Marcus figuring out how he arrived in the wartorn future, and the story works pretty well. The camera style is mostly hand held, which adds a more natural and first hand look to the film and makes it feel more like the audience is in a warzone. Instead of the shiny Terminators from James Cameron's movies, the machines in Salvation are dark, sinister and have a more industrial look to them and there aren't any laser rifles, the only energy weapons in existence are employed by the huge Skynet machines so generally, bullets and missiles are still the favoured artillery of the resistance.

    Salvation does have its flaws, but for the first Terminator movie to be set entirely in the future, it does a good job of continuing the franchise and making it distinct from the Schwarzenegger-dominated past. While 'Ar-Nulhd' made this franchise a household name, it is refreshing to see new blood taking it in a different direction and the one thing I didn't like about the earlier films was how there was always an epic fight at the beginning of the film before they turned into a long and drawn out chase before another fight at the end. Salvation isn't a chase movie, it's a war movie and it's not ashamed to be different from its predecessors.

    It could have been better but it is still a good movie, ideal for sci-fi and action fans and on a personal note, it's also fun to guess which scene Christian Bale was doing when he exploded in the now infamous rant against the lighting technician.
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    • Jul 24, 2015

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 3, 2009 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Terminator - Räddningen
    • Filming locations
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Halcyon Company
      • Wonderland Sound and Vision
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $200,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $125,322,469
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $42,558,390
      • May 24, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $371,353,001
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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