In the ending of this movie, Jesus descends from the cross, and follows a beautiful young angel to Jerusalem, where Christ proceeds to live a normal life. The highlight of this part of the film, is when Jesus realizes that his redemption from the cross was actually the work of Satan, who did not want Jesus to redeem mankind with his blood. The ending shows that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was a part of his earthly ministry, and that any deviation from this fate would have spelled doom for mankind.
Reviews
9 Reviews
An excellent action film
3 August 2017
In terms of a pure action film, this is as good as it gets. Jean Claude Van-Damme gives a superb throw-back performance as Luc Devereaux, now a part man part machine cybernetic villain. Scott Adkins gives a memorable performance as a human experiment, and mind-control victim gone rogue. Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovsky, and Roy Jones Jr add to the royal-rumble style atmosphere in this film as well. This film explores the concepts of human experimentation, cloning, artificial intelligence, and revenge all with exceptional cinematography, and thrilling action sequences.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(I) (1991 Video Game)
Great action game!
3 August 2017
I used to play this game in the arcades for hours. I finally beat it playing alone one Saturday night and it was extremely satisfying. It's difficulty made it a true arcade classic. For me, the realistic action sequences along with the true-to-life graphics made it one of my all-time arcade favorites. I found it particularly enjoyable to play because of the original T:2 Judgement Day actors reprising their roles in this game. Overall, this game is one of the great all-time arcade shooters.
The Terminator
(1991 Video Game)
Great action game!
3 August 2017
Overall this game is a nice addition to the Terminator video games collection. I own this game on PC and I have beaten it on several occasions. The best parts of it for me is the side-scrolling action element, which I am definitely nostalgic for, the well produced in-game music, the abundance of enemies to dispose of per level, and the dark atmosphere that the Terminator franchise is known for.
The Last King of Scotland
(2006)
Forest Whitaker gives one of the great American acting performances.
28 July 2017
After having watched this extraordinary film, I realized that Forest Whitaker's captivating performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, was one of the finest on-screen performances I have seen. Whitaker's work ethic in this film speaks for itself as he clearly did an intensive study of Idi Amin's Ugandan accent, his personal mannerisms, and of Ugandan culture and history in general.
Whitaker's on-screen chemistry with James McAvoy's character, Nicholas Garrigan, Amin's personal physician, was extraordinarily mutually complimentary.
Gillian Anderson's performance as Sarah Merrit, the wife of an English doctor, and an early love interest of Nicholas Garrigan was also commendable, and added an aspect of intrigue and beauty in the film.
Whitaker's on-screen chemistry with James McAvoy's character, Nicholas Garrigan, Amin's personal physician, was extraordinarily mutually complimentary.
Gillian Anderson's performance as Sarah Merrit, the wife of an English doctor, and an early love interest of Nicholas Garrigan was also commendable, and added an aspect of intrigue and beauty in the film.
The Terminator
(1984)
The reason that Kyle Reese did not have to go back in time to save Sarah Connor
21 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
After having watched the "Terminator" franchise in its entirety over the past week, I have come to a realization.
In "The Terminator" (1984) the "Resistance" led by John Connor, having already won the war in the original (and most definitive) timeline, needed not send Kyle Reese back in time to save Sarah Connor from the T-800 that was sent to kill her. John Connor had already been born, and the war had already been won.
This is how I see "The Terminator" (1984) playing out if The T-800 had been sent back in time by Skynet to kill Sarah, and Kyle Reese had not been sent back in time by John Connor to protect Sarah.
-Sarah Connor was already carrying the child of Stan Morsky which would later become John Connor.
-The T-800 would have gone on its killing spree looking for Sarah Connor, capturing the attention of the news media, and prompting Sarah to seek police protection.
-The police would have arrived at the Tech Noir club sooner and picked up Sarah before the T-800 arrived because the police would not have been stalled due to Kyle Reese's presence in the area. (He was being looked for as well because of his assault on police in the beginning of the movie).
-The Police would have taken Sarah into protective custody.
-The T-800's search would have been stalled.
-Eventually Sarah Connor would have been moved to a military compound after police see that the killer, (The T-800) had not been apprehended or found.
-The T-800 would find Sarah's mother's address after having killed Ginger and Matt in Sarah's apartment.
-The T-800 would kill Sara's mother and "copy" her.
-Sarah would eventually call her "mother" from the military compound with her whereabouts with the T-800 intercepting the information.
-The T-800 would stock up on weapons at gun stores and kill the clerks, further drawing the attention of law enforcement and military personnel.
-The T-800 would storm the military compound with the police in hot pursuit as well as the military, the navy , and the coast guard having been alerted of it's presence in the vicinity of the compound.
-The military personnel would shoot the T-800 down with rifles. The T-800 would continue to advance.
-Seeing that their bullets had little effect on him, they would begin shooting him with grenade launchers, and anti-tank missiles decimating him.
-Bits and pieces of the T-800's cpu chips and the electrical components that constitute the T-800 were found, studied and duplicated preserving the Skynet foundational elements (These elements were already inevitable in the "Terminator universe however.)
-Skynet, judgement day, and the war against the machines commences.
-John Connor and the resistance defeats Skynet in 2029.
-Movie over.
In "The Terminator" (1984) the "Resistance" led by John Connor, having already won the war in the original (and most definitive) timeline, needed not send Kyle Reese back in time to save Sarah Connor from the T-800 that was sent to kill her. John Connor had already been born, and the war had already been won.
This is how I see "The Terminator" (1984) playing out if The T-800 had been sent back in time by Skynet to kill Sarah, and Kyle Reese had not been sent back in time by John Connor to protect Sarah.
-Sarah Connor was already carrying the child of Stan Morsky which would later become John Connor.
-The T-800 would have gone on its killing spree looking for Sarah Connor, capturing the attention of the news media, and prompting Sarah to seek police protection.
-The police would have arrived at the Tech Noir club sooner and picked up Sarah before the T-800 arrived because the police would not have been stalled due to Kyle Reese's presence in the area. (He was being looked for as well because of his assault on police in the beginning of the movie).
-The Police would have taken Sarah into protective custody.
-The T-800's search would have been stalled.
-Eventually Sarah Connor would have been moved to a military compound after police see that the killer, (The T-800) had not been apprehended or found.
-The T-800 would find Sarah's mother's address after having killed Ginger and Matt in Sarah's apartment.
-The T-800 would kill Sara's mother and "copy" her.
-Sarah would eventually call her "mother" from the military compound with her whereabouts with the T-800 intercepting the information.
-The T-800 would stock up on weapons at gun stores and kill the clerks, further drawing the attention of law enforcement and military personnel.
-The T-800 would storm the military compound with the police in hot pursuit as well as the military, the navy , and the coast guard having been alerted of it's presence in the vicinity of the compound.
-The military personnel would shoot the T-800 down with rifles. The T-800 would continue to advance.
-Seeing that their bullets had little effect on him, they would begin shooting him with grenade launchers, and anti-tank missiles decimating him.
-Bits and pieces of the T-800's cpu chips and the electrical components that constitute the T-800 were found, studied and duplicated preserving the Skynet foundational elements (These elements were already inevitable in the "Terminator universe however.)
-Skynet, judgement day, and the war against the machines commences.
-John Connor and the resistance defeats Skynet in 2029.
-Movie over.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
Thoughts on T:2 and the upcoming sequel - (T-1000)
16 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I am giving this movie a 10/10 rating based on its innovative story-line, breathtaking special effects, and its ability to intrigue the viewer.
My thoughts on this movie center mostly on the T-1000, as well as the upcoming sequel to T-2. The sequel, according to Linda Hamilton's Wikipedia page is scheduled for 2021.
As I watched T:2 over the weekend, I noticed something rather odd about the T-1000. When he was shot, blown up, and later melted in a pool of molten steel, it was evident that he had no wiring or electrical components.
If he was truly a robot, cyborg, or android, then he would have had to have these components in order to function. Even in the end of the movie when his body was blasted open with a grenade launcher and his insides were exposed, there was no wiring or electrical components. This factor combined with his abilities to shape-shift and regenerate leads me to believe that this was no ordinary robot.
The T-1000's extraordinary composition and abilities lead me to believe that he was an alien and not a robot.
I believe that the 2021 sequel to T:2 should explore the possibilities of alien involvement in the creation of Skynet, and in the operations of Skynet, in the "Terminator" universe.
My thoughts on this movie center mostly on the T-1000, as well as the upcoming sequel to T-2. The sequel, according to Linda Hamilton's Wikipedia page is scheduled for 2021.
As I watched T:2 over the weekend, I noticed something rather odd about the T-1000. When he was shot, blown up, and later melted in a pool of molten steel, it was evident that he had no wiring or electrical components.
If he was truly a robot, cyborg, or android, then he would have had to have these components in order to function. Even in the end of the movie when his body was blasted open with a grenade launcher and his insides were exposed, there was no wiring or electrical components. This factor combined with his abilities to shape-shift and regenerate leads me to believe that this was no ordinary robot.
The T-1000's extraordinary composition and abilities lead me to believe that he was an alien and not a robot.
I believe that the 2021 sequel to T:2 should explore the possibilities of alien involvement in the creation of Skynet, and in the operations of Skynet, in the "Terminator" universe.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(2016)
Thoughts on the "Star Wars" franchise
9 July 2017
I am giving this movie a 10/10 based on its narrative and its ability to inspire sympathy for the main characters.
My thoughts on the "Star Wars" franchise as a whole is as follows: I think the Star Wars franchise would benefit greatly from a backstory on the origins of "the force" itself along with the origins of the "light" and "dark" sides of it.
Throughout the 40 year history of the Star Wars franchise, the viewing audience has had to merely accept that the force just exists, and that people willingly choose either light or dark.
I believe a backstory regarding the creation of the force, whether it has secret religious designations, and whether or not it is being actively manipulated by a celestial supreme being is in order. Also, how is it "alive"? Is it God? With an explanation of these questions, the viewing audience can better grasp and better put into context the series of events as presented in the Star Wars franchise as a whole, and can better understand decisions made by characters and the implications of circumstances in the Star Wars collection.
My thoughts on the "Star Wars" franchise as a whole is as follows: I think the Star Wars franchise would benefit greatly from a backstory on the origins of "the force" itself along with the origins of the "light" and "dark" sides of it.
Throughout the 40 year history of the Star Wars franchise, the viewing audience has had to merely accept that the force just exists, and that people willingly choose either light or dark.
I believe a backstory regarding the creation of the force, whether it has secret religious designations, and whether or not it is being actively manipulated by a celestial supreme being is in order. Also, how is it "alive"? Is it God? With an explanation of these questions, the viewing audience can better grasp and better put into context the series of events as presented in the Star Wars franchise as a whole, and can better understand decisions made by characters and the implications of circumstances in the Star Wars collection.
Terminator Genisys
(2015)
My thoughts on the Terminator story-line in its entirety
3 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Firstly, I am giving this movie a 10/10 solely based on the highly innovative concepts regarding time travel and the captivating story-line regarding the Skynet system.
My thoughts on the Terminator story-line as a whole are as follows:
There is no reason whatsoever for John Connor to have sent Kyle Reese into the year 1984 in the first place. The humans won the battle against the machines, and skynet was decimated.
Skynet sending a terminator back in time to dispose of Sarah Connor was a computer glitch at best made by a desperate, destroyed and condemned artificial intelligence unit. Alternate timelines are a moot point in this regard because the present war had already ended. The logistics of a highly technical, highly contentious, and already decided war being altered in any capacity by something as far fetched as "time travel" are impossible to attain.
In the movie "The Terminator" (1984), the war was already won, and humankind was delivered from Skynet's oppression of them. The terminator sent back in time by Skynet to kill Sarah Connor was already doomed to fail solely based on the present victory that humankind had already won.
John Connor sent Kyle Reese back in time because Connor wanted to further engage the skynet system as a precaution, but this action was not necessary. Even in the movie "Terminator 2" (1991), as captivating a movie as it was, was unnecessary in the "Terminator" timeline becausethe T-1000 in particular and Skynet in general had already failed in their mission of human domination. The resistance beat Skynet already and won the war. Again, the T-800 terminator sent by the present John Connor to guard Sarah Connor and a young John Connor was done as a precaution, but was not necessary.
All other movies and TV shows in the Terminator franchise do not avert "Judgement Day" or change the fact that Skynet is beaten in 2029. There can never be a "deleted" or "altered" timeline of events because there can only be one "timeline" ever in history and that is the timeline that actually "results" in something namely documented history.
Lastly I would like to address Kyle Reese as the "father" of John Connor. This is not a physical possibility. John Connor was 44 when he beat Skynet and sent Kyle Reese back in time. Kyle Reese was only 27. A son cannot be older than his Father.
Sarah Connor was already pregnant with John Connor (perhaps by Stan Morsky) when she "met" Kyle Reese in 1984. Kyle and Sarah's sexual encounter in the Tiki Motel produced no children.
Overall, the Terminator franchise sparks the imagination and human contemplation like no other movie franchise in history. The screenplay and story writers have done a brilliant job in keeping people interested in the series of events in this franchise, and the franchise has done superbly in ticket sales, DVD sales, video game sales, and merchandise sales.
In spite of the commercial success of this franchise however, I believe that the franchise overall has become cumbersome and repetitive in its formula and could use a fresher, more definitive, and more conclusive approach in its storytelling and narrative.
My thoughts on the Terminator story-line as a whole are as follows:
There is no reason whatsoever for John Connor to have sent Kyle Reese into the year 1984 in the first place. The humans won the battle against the machines, and skynet was decimated.
Skynet sending a terminator back in time to dispose of Sarah Connor was a computer glitch at best made by a desperate, destroyed and condemned artificial intelligence unit. Alternate timelines are a moot point in this regard because the present war had already ended. The logistics of a highly technical, highly contentious, and already decided war being altered in any capacity by something as far fetched as "time travel" are impossible to attain.
In the movie "The Terminator" (1984), the war was already won, and humankind was delivered from Skynet's oppression of them. The terminator sent back in time by Skynet to kill Sarah Connor was already doomed to fail solely based on the present victory that humankind had already won.
John Connor sent Kyle Reese back in time because Connor wanted to further engage the skynet system as a precaution, but this action was not necessary. Even in the movie "Terminator 2" (1991), as captivating a movie as it was, was unnecessary in the "Terminator" timeline becausethe T-1000 in particular and Skynet in general had already failed in their mission of human domination. The resistance beat Skynet already and won the war. Again, the T-800 terminator sent by the present John Connor to guard Sarah Connor and a young John Connor was done as a precaution, but was not necessary.
All other movies and TV shows in the Terminator franchise do not avert "Judgement Day" or change the fact that Skynet is beaten in 2029. There can never be a "deleted" or "altered" timeline of events because there can only be one "timeline" ever in history and that is the timeline that actually "results" in something namely documented history.
Lastly I would like to address Kyle Reese as the "father" of John Connor. This is not a physical possibility. John Connor was 44 when he beat Skynet and sent Kyle Reese back in time. Kyle Reese was only 27. A son cannot be older than his Father.
Sarah Connor was already pregnant with John Connor (perhaps by Stan Morsky) when she "met" Kyle Reese in 1984. Kyle and Sarah's sexual encounter in the Tiki Motel produced no children.
Overall, the Terminator franchise sparks the imagination and human contemplation like no other movie franchise in history. The screenplay and story writers have done a brilliant job in keeping people interested in the series of events in this franchise, and the franchise has done superbly in ticket sales, DVD sales, video game sales, and merchandise sales.
In spite of the commercial success of this franchise however, I believe that the franchise overall has become cumbersome and repetitive in its formula and could use a fresher, more definitive, and more conclusive approach in its storytelling and narrative.
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