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Terminator: Dark Fate

2019

Tim Miller

Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes ...

5.2

12,147

Sci-Fi. Action Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It is] designed to impress you with its scale and visual effects, but it’s also a film that returns, in good and gratifying ways, to the smartly packaged low-down genre-thriller classicism that gave the original 'Terminator' its kick"
		Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"The best 'Terminator' sequel in over 20 years (...) [Miller] gives the visual-effects-encrusted combat scenes a nicely visceral intensity"
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"The iconic metal-man's getting rusty (...) [It] offers a series of action set pieces that go from big to huge to ludicrous, even as the script's additions to fear-the-future mythology underwhelm"
		William Bibbiani The Wrap	"The film never feels like a nostalgia cash-in or a cut-and-paste job made by focus groups and committee. This story actually demands to be told, and it gets told with precision and skill"
		Jim Vejvoda IGN	"It’s the best Terminator film since 'T2: Judgment Day' (...) [It] succeeds in serving as both a suitable closing chapter for the original two films and a possible gateway to exciting new chapters ahead."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"This painfully generic action movie proves that the 'Terminator' franchise is obsolete"
		Haleigh Foutch Collider	"The characters get their due, the action is top-tier, and the cast is aces. Miller understands the world he’s working in and embraces it fully"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"A perfectly serviceable action movie. Hamilton and Schwarzenegger are game, as is Davis (...) Miller stages some satisfyingly clangy set pieces"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Just another bad sequel (...) Giving us happy memories of the first two films — some of the best of their genre — is what hurts this impostor the most (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The basic programming -- a near-unstoppable killer that won't deviate from its single-minded purpose until the job is done -- never goes out of style. 'Dark Fate' earns its favorable judgment by cleverly and effectively adding to that legacy"
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"[It] is quite a bit better than the last two 'Terminator' sequels, but that’s partially because it follows a set-in-stone formula almost to a tee. It only springs to life in the middle section"
		Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"At least 'Terminator: Dark Fate' is bad in a funny way (...) This is another unsteady piece of franchise recycling, never really deciding whether it’s continuing the story of familiar icons or launching a new adventure"
		Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"Though 'Dark Fate' gets more engaging as it goes on (...) its sci-fi ideas mostly amount to a listless skimming of hot-button issues."
		Matt Singer Screen Crush	"'Dark Fate's chases and fights sequences are mostly skillful and thrilling (...) To Miller’s credit, he also got these impressive performances out of Hamilton, Schwarzenegger, and Davis"
		Helen O'Hara Empire	"Easily the third-best Terminator film, which is more of a compliment than it sounds. It’s great to have Hamilton back in this role, but she’s ably matched by Reyes and Davis (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The Terminator franchise has come clanking robotically into view once again with its sixth film – it absolutely will not stop – not merely repeating itself but somehow repeating the repetitions (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The Rev-9 is a genuinely fearsome piece of creature design, the plot is pacy and streamlined (...) and the action scenes have a satisfying 20th-century crunch (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nicholas Barber BBC	"You could even say that it feels too much like a proper Terminator film, which is why it ends up seeming so pointless (...) It has nothing that hasn’t been done better in the other films (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The new instalment is creaky and sometimes clumsy, and yet it ultimately succeeds by delivering sufficient thrills while also offering just enough emotional depth to keep viewers engaged"
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"Although far from perfect, it’s proof that the future of the Terminator movies isn’t entirely apocalyptic(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"Miller’s reimagining has plenty of commendable progressive ideas and well-choreographed fight scenes (...) It’s fine for two hours (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Plays to the franchise’s strengths - humour, great action scenes, and Arnie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paddy Kehoe RTÉ	"It’s one of the most turgid, mind-numbing exercises in so-called cinematic craft that one could ever expect to witness and hear (…) Rating: ½ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"While this is a fine effort and it's not without some interesting moments, it's not enough to be anything more than an unnecessary epilogue (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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