10 Movies That Unexpectedly Confused Audiences

Despite the Terminator movies revolving around an increasingly convoluted series of time-hopping, continuity-resetting plots, the overwhelming majority of the films are actually relatively easy to follow thanks to their tidy internal logic - and that's true even in some of the lesser entries.

But Terminator Genisys is an example of a movie which only creates a bigger headache the more it tries to fill the viewer in on crucial information.

The more the characters attempt to "clarify" the timey-wimey shenanigans, the more the audience wishes they hadn't bothered at all.

Even after audiences get over the fact that Genisys effectively disregards the last two sequels, the film strains itself to explain why a new timeline exists where 1984's Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) is already a battle-hardened vet ready for action.

Ultimately, the new 1984 timeline is created after John Connor (Jason Clarke) gets "turned" by Skynet in the future, creating a "nexus point", as Arnie's Pops calls it - an event of such extreme importance that it creates a vastly different future. Right.

While it's easy enough to just sit back and soak in the mediocre, CGI-fuelled action, Terminator Genisys remains the only one of the six movies convoluted enough to invite a migraine.