Terminator Salvation is the continuation of the terminator series which gained much popularity in the 90's. Following the trend of recently succesful sequels, this one comes with a newer look at the man v/s enemy battle;the latest addition being a futuristic concept,new technology and advatnced graphics.
The story doesn't need to be elaborated,its a plain man v/s machine battle,set in 2018. I am not a fan of Wham wham thank you ma'm kind of films,i would rather watch a story with lots of humanly action if the genre has to fall under action.Blame it on the technology or the craze of futuristic concepts,the order of the day seems to be robots and machines fighting it out with humans.I guess that makes the concept very novel,saving mankind and similar attributes.
The director also emphasizes on human emotion and some time is spent giving both the principal characters some emotional backdrop which works for the film.Behind all the action bonanza and explosions,the film has a soul and somehow works for the audience.The film does fall flat in between from 30 to 50 minutes but picks up before interval and is consistently above average till the end.
The story has all the commercial trappings of a big budget hollywood film,the involvement of more than two parties,the guessing game the director plays with the audiences with certain doubtful characters,with good prevailing over evil,etc.
Christian Bale is one of the major reasons for the film to work,he is in fantastic form.He seems to be great with such action flicks(first Batman,now this) which requires him to flaunt his deep voice!
I just hoped that they would finally close the chapter,but they kept it open.A rather annoying fact because it would never come to an end like this!
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