Lazy Film Critic reviews....
Terminator Genisys is the fifth film in the Terminator series, and finally brings Arnold back into this series after Salvation thought It'd be fine without him. Along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, this reboot/prequel/sequel (I don't even know) also stars Jai Courtney, Emelia Clarke, Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Byung Hun-Lee, and Matt Smith. This film is more or less set during the events of the first Terminator film, only this time everything has changed, leading to a completely new story for this series.
Overall, most of the cast in this movie do a pretty good job, especially with taking on really iconic roles. While Jai Courtney is about exactly what you'd expect he'd be in this movie (this could be good or bad depending on whether or not you like him as an actor), but one of the bigger surprises in this movie was Emilia Clarke. Linda Hamilton is so iconic and fantastic as Sarah Conner, so no matter how good she is, this is a difficult role to tackle. To my surprise, she actually did a pretty good job, and managed to stand on her own with a daunting role like this. Another big surprise, and the one I was worried the most about, was Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the role of the Terminator, and he did a really good job. He's aged, sure, but he still totally works as the terminator.
As for the rest of the movie, it certainly has its ups and downs. The good part of this movie is mostly in the action, which is pretty well made and well filmed. The action sequences in this movie do a really good job of keeping the tension high, and really putting you in the scene, making them more intense and engaging. However, Terminator Genisys also suffers from some flaws. For one, the story of this movie isn't all that well-written, and becomes needlessly convoluted around halfway through.
However, that isn't the biggest flaw, and doesn't really damage that movie to a certain degree. Which brings to question why this movie is so badly received. In my opinion Terminator Genisys, on it's own, is a decent enough movie. However, this film suffers from a major issue, which is it's unfortunately godawful marketing campaign. Everything, from the trailers, to commercials on tv, to interviews about the film, even the posters have a ton of spoilers about the film. While this usually wouldn't change the quality of the film itself, it hurt my overall enjoyment of the movie, and presumably anyone else who has seen any advertising for this movie.
Final Rating
Even with its spoiler heavy marketing campaign, and despite what seemingly everyone else says about Genisys, I had a good time with this movie, it was a decent film. Nothing too impressive, and I can certainly tell why most critics don't like this movie, it's fun if that's the sort of thing you're looking for. Again, nothing to get too excited about, or rush to the theatre to see, but if you want to see this movie, I really don't see why not.
Even with its spoiler heavy marketing campaign, and despite what seemingly everyone else says about Genisys, I had a good time with this movie, it was a decent film. Nothing too impressive, and I can certainly tell why most critics don't like this movie, it's fun if that's the sort of thing you're looking for. Again, nothing to get too excited about, or rush to the theatre to see, but if you want to see this movie, I really don't see why not.
Terminator Genisys
3.5/5
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