Terminator Genisys (2015)

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.

Director:

Alan Taylor

Writers:

Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke

9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Guardian
Jason Clarke	...	John Connor
Emilia Clarke	...	Sarah Connor
Jai Courtney	...	Kyle Reese
J.K. Simmons	...	O'Brien
Dayo Okeniyi	...	Danny Dyson
Matt Smith	...	Alex (as Matthew Smith)
Courtney B. Vance	...	Miles Dyson
Lee Byung-Hun	...	Cop / T-1000
Michael Gladis	...	Lt. Matias
Sandrine Holt	...	Detective Cheung
Wayne Bastrup	...	Young O'Brien
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Detective Harding (as Greg Alan Williams)
Otto Sanchez	...	Detective Timmons
Matty Ferraro	...	Agent Janssen

Storyline

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured time-line. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian, dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future.

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Plot Keywords:

cyborg | future | time machine | human versus cyborg | human versus robot | 

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Taglines:

He's Back.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original director of The Terminator (1984), James Cameron, asked and got to officially endorse this film. He said he loved this so much, he personally considers this the official third film in the franchise. However, in 2017, Cameron stated that he doesn't have much respect for the Terminator movies that were made after Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), but supported them because of his close friendship with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Goofs

The MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) machine seen can not just be turned off/on. Their massive magnetic field take minutes to hours ramp up or down and is essentially permanent. Most are left always on, many don't even have the parts to turn off/on.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kyle Reese: [narrating] Before they died, my parents told me stories about how the world once was; what it was like long before I was born; before the war with the machines. They remembered a green world, vast and beautiful, filled with laughter and hope for the future. It's a world I never knew. By the time I was born, all this was gone.
Kyle Reese: "Skynet," a computer program designed to automate missile defense. It was supposed to protect us, but that's not what happened. August 29th, 1997, Skynet woke ...
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Crazy Credits

There is an extra scene during the credits.

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Connections

Featured in Terminator Genisys: Family Dynamics (2015)

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Soundtracks

Love Runs Out
Written by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Eddie Fisher & Zach Filkins
Performed by OneRepublic
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Though flawed, it was better than I expected...

The new Terminator wasn't terrible! I'm surprised. Though it had its flaws it was much better then Terminator 3 and Salvation... and I actually enjoyed it mostly. I probably won't be watching it like 30 times like Judgement Day, but its not like I expected it to ever live up to Cameron's work....

First off, the action was good and so was the pace, the film never became boring even with how complex the story was so it certainly gets points for that.

The film itself runs like the greatest hits of the the franchise which is both good and bad.

The pros: Revisiting 1984 (the first terminator timeline) was a lot of fun for obvious reasons.. You get more things like crazy manoeuvres from the T1000 etc and Arnie gets to kick some ass and even be funny at times....

The cons: How many times do they have to repeat lines from the previous films? Sarah Conner says: "Come with me if you want to live" Really? Again? Really? Come on, having that as an obligatory line in each movie is actually annoying. "I'll be back" is just like an obligatory oh, we'll just squeeze that in there, the audience will love that! Nope, not really, see in the first Terminator that had impact! Like the impact of a car coming through the wall! This is there just for the sake of it...

Aside from that, I think JK Simmons character was borderline pointless, you could nearly have cut him out of the movie and barely noticed! A crying shame for such an excellent actor.. Generally the script could have done with more tweaking, some plot towards the end just seemed outright silly, but I will say the chemistry between Arnie and Emilia was actually pretty good!

Overall: It's no Judgement day but you know what, it was actually a decent film and it was great to see Arnie as the Terminator again, and not saying "talk to the hand" . I can see why James Cameron endorsed this as the true sequel to T2...

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [Germany] Official site [Germany]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 July 2015 (New Zealand)

Also Known As:

Terminator Genisys

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$155,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,018,486, 5 July 2015

Gross USA:

$89,760,956

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$440,603,537

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Annapurna Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1 IMAX 6-Track Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) SDDS 12-Track Digital Sound (IMAX 12 track)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1