Terminator Salvation Review: Sensory Overload

Terminator Salvation will stun your eyes and ears. Want emotions? Bring your own!

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Christian Bale stars in Terminator Salvation

From the beginning, when cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger first arrived in our present — nude, greasy and heralded by what now seems like a very quaint series of lightning strikes — it was a bad idea to dwell on the time-traveling twist that has him pursuing a target, John Connor, who is still unconceived yet also alive in the future. Better to focus on key information from The Terminator , like the fact that a seemingly simple statement of intent—"I'll be back"—is actually quite a nice little joke. ( See the top 10 movie catchphrases. )

The adult John Connor...

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