She’s back…
Apr 27, 2020
2 minutes
Nick Setchfield
This movie is a battlefield of potential futures. There’s one in which the Terminator franchise survives, oozing like liquid metal into further sequels, prequels and reboots. Alternatively this is the brand’s final stand, crushed like one of those skulls that litter post-apocalyptic cityscapes, just waiting for the pitiless stomp of some mechanical bastard.
Judging by the tepid box office, may have triggered the darker of. And that’s welcome. It allows this entry to breathe, and brings a clarity to the storytelling that’s liberating.
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