Terminator Genisys

     In 1984, when the T-800 or The Guardian came inside a house crushing the door asking for Sarah Connor, everyone was thrilled with that. When in 1991, Arnold Schwarzenegger returned with his black leather jacket, a Harley-Davidson and the superb shot gun being loaded and fired with one arm, it was something out-standing for the world. And the reason behind this was only one  - James Cameron.

     Two more Terminator films that came following it, were not as impactful as the first two. Though the fourth one, did made the box office flow as it had Jonathan Nolan as one of the writers and Christian Bale starring in it, yet it couldn't keep the mark of the initial two.

     Terminator Genisys is the fifth and it is not the end. There is more to come.

Here, the film plays in three time spaces starting with 2029, going back to 1987 and jumping to 2017, to avoid the roots of that what's going to happen in 2029.

T-800 i.e. The Guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the man you have to go to see this film for. Though he plays a better version of the T-800, he is quite HIM. Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) is another reason to watch this film. Then for some visual effects and finally so that you do not have to be amongst the people who did not see a Terminator film.

     It felt as if the story has some questions to answer but ultimately it doesn't. Good thing is that they do not create too many questions. The screenplay is scattered, too much of time traveling confusion. That's what they have did - they have tried too hard to convince us the chronology of time-line and finally ended up confusing us and probably even themselves. Even the actors had no clue of what's happening. The Khaleesi held the weapon when she was told by the director Alan Taylor, who had directed a few episodes of the Game Of Thrones' 1st and 2nd seasons, without knowing why she is really doing that.

The smile that Arnold gives as the T-800 is priceless. It is good to see Hans Zimmer's name in the Executive Music Supervisor.

     Jason Clarke as John Connor is very good except he gives us a very bad feeling in his screen presence. Well, he is supposed to do that so, good for him.

     The VFX has everything in this film, all the effort of the film was put in completing the Vfx and to make everything look real, which, in some parts, has failed. But the rest is very well done with the total budget of $ 155 million.

     Technicians have done their job well. Watching the film is a bumpy ride of the mountains -  when you are slow, you are too slow, when you are fast you are too fast.
And when there is logic there is too much of logic, science and jargons used or otherwise they have taken too much of liberty.

     The people doing this project have put in lots of efforts, but they should have kept in mind the value of what this franchise was, in the past, and should have written something worthy its respect.

     They have also tried to bring in some Iron-man style humour, but they have failed there too.

     The two things that worked very well here are Emilia's beauty and Arnold's smile.

     Verdict - 5/10

     

    The point where they have a satirical part where they subtly & cinematically state that 'smart-phones & tabs are the coming destructions', was when I thought the film has some meaning, but then, Arnold came in with a Gun and.......

....never mind!