MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Terminator’ Ratchets Up The Action

CRY HAVOC: If you have not already seen the latest trailer for Terminator: Salvation, check out the one above.

SEBRING, May 21, 2009 – Hold on to your seats!

They all have come back – John Connor, Sarah, Kyle Reese, even a special appearance – and they’re all kickin’ butt – or getting it kicked – in Terminator: Salvation, which opened this afternoon at the Fairmount Cinema 6.

The story is strong and the characters solid – though some might say Christian Bale, as John Connor, tries a little too hard, but we think he’s intuitive and gritty. Both the machines and the humans plan a final assault on each other for world dominance. But there’s a problem.

Enter murderer Marcus Wright. He does not know how he got from 2003 to 2018, the past to the present, but here he is in a war-torn, nuclear-wasted U.S. of A., where robot ships, robot serpents, and building-sized walkers with human-snatching metal claws are always on thunderous patrol.

Is he friend or foe of John Connor? Will Connor’s plan save humanity or sacrifice it to the machines?

The questions are answered in the latest Terminator, but remember: one man’s deliverance is another man’s destruction. Plus, there’s a surprise, tons of action, and excellent special effects courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic!

Terminator: Salvation is rated PG-13 for intense action scenes and plays at the Fairmount Cinema 6. Our Sebring Cinema and Sports rating, based on 0 to 5 reels, 0 being a bomb and 5 a classic: