In Mexico City, a newly modified liquid Terminator (the Rev-9 model) arrives from the future to kill a young factory worker named Dani Ramos.
Also sent back in time is Grace, a hybrid cyborg human who must protect Ramos from the seemingly indestructible robotic assassin.
But the two women soon find some much-needed help from a pair of unexpected allies — seasoned warrior Sarah Connor and the T-800 Terminator.
The biggest sin this movie commits is that it feels wholly unnecessary.
No one really asked for this particular installment it just popped up. Hung around for a bit and tried to milk the box-office. To no avail.
Nick Clement takes a look at Terminator: Dark Fate.
After the filmmakers have asked that audiences forget EVERYTHING that has come after the masterpiece that is Terminator 2: Judgement Day to consider this newest franchise entry as the “only true sequel.”
There’s nothing remotely new about Terminator: Dark Fate, and if anything, all it does is serve as a reminder of how brilliant T2 is.
Nearly all of Dark Fate is a re-hash from that movie, except spruced up with gender/ethnic inclusive casting.
Now, my expectations were firmly at the bottom of a dump-filled toilet bowl.
Pick up a copy of Terminator: Dark Fate
So I guess this film wasn’t AS BAD as I had been fearing. But it never convinces in its sense of necessity.
It’s not embarrassingly conceived and the dialogue is decent, and the film moves at a solid pace.
The BEST thing about Dark Fate was the use of the most photo-real CGI face-replacement that I’ve ever seen. It was uncanny stuff.
I’m not sure why the folks who made The Irishman didn’t mimic what was done here. True technical wizardry.
Overall
There are some cool action set-pieces. But there’s a general sense of too many cooks in the kitchen with six credited screenwriters.
Imagine how many un-credited re-writes and polishes this one got!
To my surprise, the whole “Arnie as the T-100 living in the woods with a beard” plotline isn’t as lame as you might expect. But overall, everything felt regurgitated and needless, and some of the ropey CGI was really annoying.
Terminator: Dark Fate Review by Nick Clement
Rating
Summary
We’re borderline into Force Awakens territory here with a regurgitated clone of better film from a time gone by.
Ultimately needless, and some of the ropey CGI was really annoying.
