Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

An augmented human and Sarah Connor must stop an advanced liquid Terminator, from hunting down a young girl, who's fate is critical to the human race.

Director:

Tim Miller

Writers:

James Cameron (story by), Charles H. Eglee (story by)

Stars:

Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Linda Hamilton	...	Sarah Connor
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	T-800 / Carl
Mackenzie Davis	...	Grace
Natalia Reyes	...	Dani Ramos
Gabriel Luna	...	Gabriel / REV-9
Diego Boneta	...	Diego Ramos
Ferran Fernández	...	Flacco
Tristán Ulloa	...	Felipe Gandal
Tomy Alvarez	...	Lucas / Floor Guard
Tom Hopper	...	William Hadrell
Alicia Borrachero	...	Alicia
Enrique Arce	...	Vicente
Manuel Pacific	...	Mateo
Fraser James	...	Major Dean
Pedro Rudolphi	...	Cholo

Storyline

More than 2 decades have passed since Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day,, and changed the future, and rewrote the fate of the human race. Now, desperate to continue to milk this, and be PC, Dani Ramos - who lives south of the US is the target of a highly advanced and deadly new Terminator (the 'Rev-9') travels back through time to hunt and kill her. Dani's survival depends on her joining forces with 2 warrior 'womyn'; Grace (geddit?) an enhanced super-soldier from the future, and a battle-hardened Sarah Connor. As the new terminator destroys everything and everyone in its path, the 3 are led to a T-800 from Sarah's past-and it may just be be their last best hope. The franchise, that is.

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | terminator | robot | sequel | woke | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to the Day after Judgment Day.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout, language and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Filmnegah [Iran] Official Facebook

Country:

USA Spain Hungary

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

1 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Terminator 6

Filming Locations:

Origo Film Studios, Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$185,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,033,832, 3 November 2019

Gross USA:

$58,090,247

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$234,890,247

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Skydance Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Tim Miller was second unit director on Thor: The Dark World (2013), which was directed by Alan Taylor. Taylor also directed the previous Terminator installment, Terminator Genisys (2015).

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Goofs

Grace has incredible strength, speed, and agility, and is able to go one on one with the Rev - 9 advanced terminator, yet there are several scenes where Grace visibly struggles to restrain Dani, a slight human female, much smaller than her. This is likely because Grace does not want to injure Dani.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sarah Connor: Children look like burnt paper. Black. Not moving. And then the blast wave hits them. And then they fly apart like leaves.
Dr. Silberman: Dreams of cataclysm, the end of the world are very common.
Sarah Connor: It's not a dream, you moron. It's real. I know the date it happens.
Dr. Silberman: I'm sure it feels real to you.
Sarah Connor: On August 29, 1997 it's gonna feel pretty fucking real to you too! Anybody not wearing two-million sunblock is gonna have a bad day. Get it?

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Crazy Credits

The opening logos have VHS fuzz over them. In addition, the Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox logos briefly flash their versions from 1995.

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Alternate Versions

In India, the film received a U/A (equivalent to the PG-13 rating) after some nudity was cut. A disclaimer requesting viewer discretion during the violent scenes that "can be disturbing to watch" was also added.

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Connections

Featured in That Star Wars Girl: Terminator Dark Fate Reaction Review... What The Heck Did I Just Watch??? (2019)

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Soundtracks

The Terminator Theme
Written by Brad Fiedel

User Reviews

'The real sequel to T2' they said...

It's not. Atleast not the one I ever wanted.

It's barely any better than the other failed sequels that have come since 1991. I might actually prefer some of the others, as much as I disliked them at the time.

Looking at it objectively, it's not an awful movie. But they built it up so much with the return of Cameron and saying it was a 'return to form' etc that I think the disappointment has hit twofold. It is a very, very average film.

I'm conscious of some 'gender politics' attached to this movie, or how it's perceived. Please understand that I was fully okay with having three female leads. Terminator has been the tale of 'the mother of the future' all along after all. Let's be clear that it was just a fairly poor film, regardless of gender.

There are still only two films as far as I'm concerned - T1 & T2. If you want the real follow up, get hold of copies of the comics 'T2: Cybernetic Dawn' and 'T2: Nuclear Twilight.' (Read them in that order). They wrapped up the story tidily and respectfully. This film achieved neither of those things.