Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

In 2018, the Halloween franchise did something no other franchise has been able to successfully do and that was to forget every single sequel film or reboot ever made and just start over. They basically said that only the first film was cannon, brought back the original director in a producing capacity, brought back some actors, and knocked it out of the park. So, Hollywood natural follows in those footsteps because they look at numbers, So, here comes Terminator: Dark Fate which tells you to ignore everything that has happened after Terminator 2: Judgement Day and they did what I said in bringing back James Cameron as a producer and originally lead actress Linda Hamilton. It seems that the future has been changed thanks to Sarah Connor and skynet is no more, but there is just one question. Why is a terminator being brought back to the past and what does he want with Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes)? That is for Grace (Mackenzie Davis), an enhanced human from the future to answer as she tries to protect Dani from this fierce Terminator. The film also stars Gabriel Luna (Bernie) as Gabriel/Rev-9, Diego Boneta (Rock Of Ages) as Diego, Arnold Schwarzenegger (T2: Judgement Day) as Carl/T-800, Edward Furlong (T2: Judgement Day) as John Connor Reference, and the film was directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool).

Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you do not want to know any details about the film because some information will be spoiled. One thing is for certain and that is I didn't really like the film, but there are elements that I did like about it. So, they had to explain why there was a new Terminator coming to the past if Skynet was no more and that was because if it didn't happen then how can we learn from it? They basically tell you that society was doomed to create the problem anyways because we are obsessed with AI and technology. So while Skynet is no more, there is just another company waiting in the wings to become the leaders in technology and the earth is doomed. Now, what I didn't like about the film is that for a while it felt too nostalgic and it felt like a pissing contest that hey I am way cooler because I am the original savior. The other problem is that Grace's story which in turn is also Dani's story is just so uninteresting to begin with. Why are we supposed to care about someone who becomes a super soldier? It was one of those moments when I was like OK let's move on. The other thing was Arnold Schwarzenegger appearance in this film because if we are ignoring all the sequels then he shouldn't exist. Well what made sense is that Skynet had dispatched multiple Terminators and this one caught up to Sarah Connor in the past, but what he becomes is a little lame. You're meaning to tell me that after almost 30 years, you wife can't tell that you are a robot? There was just too much wrong with the story to care about the action making up for it. I know the film did well in the box office (it at least made it's money back and then a little some), but hopefully this is the last of the franchise. I am going to give the film an C- for a final grade.