29th February, 2020.
It has to be said, it’s a spare Saturday evening.
No cash to go out, little to do if I did have cash …
And frankly … ?
A mood bordering on the thoughtful …
If nothing else … ?
I fancied a film.
I’ve a few sitting in my collection that needed viewing: and one or two had been suggested to me.
Teaser regular, Olga had suggested I Am Not A Serial Killer. Which was in the collection, at some point: but is maybe for another time.
The Girl on the Third Floor was another: I’d seen it float past on a Facebook group I belong to.
Possibly not …
Candyman? The 1992 horror film: a remake of which is due out this year … ?
Possibly: a post would get a lot of views …
But maybe not yet …
I finally … went with Terminator: Dark Fate.
Am I convinced … ?
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Terminator: Dark Fate opens in 1998: three years Terminator 2: Judgement Day: and sees Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her song John happily living in Guatemala … when John is attacked by a T-800 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
A Terminator sent back by Skynet before its erasure: a Terminator that successfully completes its mission … of killing John Connor.
Years later, in 2020?
An advanced Revision 9 Terminator (Gabriel Luna) is back in time: to assassinate Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes).
Whilst another time traveller, Grace (Mackenzie Davis) is sent back to protect Dani.
What neither know?
Is that:
- Sarah Connor is waiting for Terminators to arrive: so she can deal with them the only way she can.
- The Terminator that finally killed John Connor wants to atone by helping Dani.
This … ?
Could get nasty …
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Now …
Convinced … ? Impressed … ? Dare I say it, stunned?
Possibly … and possibly not.
Over all?
I have to say I wasn’t totally taken with Terminator: Dark Fate.
That acting’s good enough.
The writing? Ok.
The plot jogs along at an OK pace: even though there’s a plot hole or two.
Sarah is a self confessed wanted criminal in one, early, scene: wanted in all fifty US states.
And friendly enough with a senior military figure to ‘borrow’ some EMP weapons, later on.
Sarah is a self confessed wanted criminal in one, early, scene: wanted in all fifty US states.
And friendly enough with a senior military figure to ‘borrow’ some EMP weapons, later on.
The upside? The fight scenes and chases both well co-ordinated and beautiful to watch.
Gabriel Luna as the Rev 9 Terminator does very well …
And the effects — and design — for this version of 80s sf’s best know monsters? Design that lets the fluid ‘skin’ operate independently of the solid endo-skeleton?
Eye-popping.
That alone? Makes Terminator: Dark Fate just about watchable.
And leaves me wondering if I should have watch something else …
Terminator: Dark Fate.
★☆☆☆
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