Terminator Genisys: 10 Questions It Failed To Answer

2. Who Is Matt Smith€™s Character?

The role of Matt Smith€™s character was pretty much the only thing about the film that wasn't given away before its release. With so much mystery, we€™d surely get a definitive answer during this movie, right? Well, sort of.

He plays a freedom fighter alongside John Connor and Kyle Reese, but then when Reese is about to go back to 1984 he comes out of nowhere faster than a Randy Orton RKO to capture Connor, turning him into a T-3000 and causing all sorts of ruptures in timelines and general mayhem for the past, present and future.

He serves as the physical embodiment of Skynet, a T-5000, but it isn€™t made totally clear how this works, and his appearance in the post-credits sting leaves it up in the air as to his future. There€™s also the question of where he came from to be a part of John€™s resistance in 2029, and what timelines he is or isn€™t a part of. Good job Smith has experience in all of this timey-wimey stuff.

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