He's baaaack! And he's brought Sarah Conner along with him for the ride. Director Tim Miller and his screenwriters David Goyer, Justin Rhodes, and Billy Ray reboot the entire franchise as if anything after "Terminator 2" never existed.
The film starts with quite a surprise allowing for a fresh start and then basically goes back to the original plot with some new twists. MacKenzie Davis is now the "augmented" human named Grace, sent back to protect a young Mexican woman named Dani from a unstoppable new Terminator (model Rev-9), played by Gabriel Luna. Linda Hamilton reprises her role as Sarah Conner who helps the pair elude the Rev-9. Ms. Hamilton still has the fight in her and is still quite the bad ass. And of course, what would a Terminator film be without Arnold Schwarzenegger who reprises his role as the original killing machine in a very unexpected way.
Much of the film takes place in Mexico (although shot in Spain) and along the U.S. border in Texas. This gives the filmmakers a chance for a subtle shot at our current immigration issue. As with the original, the film is basically one long chase sequence with plenty of physics defying action scenes, some of which are just incredible. Fans of the franchise will not be disappointed.
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