A load of rubbish cobbled together to exploit the masses before the rights revert to James Cameron, Terminator Genisys is less a movie than a checklist of scenes recycled from its predecessors. Kyle Reese arriving in 1984? Check. A T-1000 disguised as a cop? Check. With a timeline so muddy that characters appear to be referencing events that havent happened yet (or have they?), sequel #4 is in such a hurry to prolong the franchise that it lets nothing not the exposition, the clunky humour or the characters who keep explaining their motivation to each other stand in its way. Weirdest of all (discuss) is how Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese have in this timeline become wisecracking parodies of their former selves, joking with each other that if they never get it on, then the world will be doomed. If you were making an Airplane! type spoof of Camerons original, thats exactly the kind of material youd use.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
