10 Times Video Game Sequels EMBARRASSED Movies
8. Terminator: Resistance > Terminator: Salvation
After T2, the Terminator franchise has been stuck in a time loop of diminishing returns - constantly chasing the original’s magic with increasingly convoluted time-hopping plots. Every sequel promised to “go back to basics,” but somehow ended up messier than the last. Fans didn’t want timelines and multiverse nonsense - they just wanted to see that gritty, desperate Future War teased in James Cameron’s flash-forwards, brought to life.
Terminator: Salvation tried, but the result was a joyless, grey slog with a moody Christian Bale and almost no actual Skynet menace.
Resistance doesn’t waste time pretending. It gives us exactly what we asked for: a boots-on-the-ground survival story set during the war between man and machine. You’re not a chosen one or a time-travelling saviour — you’re a soldier in the mud, sneaking through bombed-out ruins while killer machines stalk you in the dark. The T-800 isn’t an action figure - it’s something you hide from, not fight.
Every gunfight feels earned. Every win feels lucky. And it all builds to a third act that ramps up the tension and pays off with a clever, satisfying twist that brings everything full circle.
It’s not flashy. It’s not expensive, and it released to absolutely zero fanfare. But it might be the most faithful Terminator sequel we’ve ever had.