Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins

by on May.14, 2009, under 2009 films, American films, fiction films

Terminator Salvation is an upcoming American science fiction post-apocalyptic war film set for release on June 4, 2009 in Australia, June 3, 2009 in the UK and May 21, 2009 in the United States.

Directed by McG, it is the fourth film in the Terminator series and stars Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright, a cyborg who believes he is human.

It also introduces a young version of the first film’s hero, Kyle Reese, played by Anton Yelchin, and depicts the origins of the T-800 Model 101 Terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Roland Kickinger. Being both a sequel and a prequel to the previous films, Salvation, set in 2018, focuses on the war between humanity and Skynet.

It abandons the format of previous entries in the series, which only revolved around Terminators and various other characters traveling through time to either kill or protect John Connor before the events of Judgment Day unfold.

It is the first film in the series to receive the PG-13 certificate in the USA, and the second to receive a 12A certificate in the UK.

Premise
On May 1, 2009, Warner Bros. released the following plot summary for the film:

The year is 2018. Judgment Day has come and gone, leveling modern civilization. An army of Terminators roams the post-apocalyptic landscape, killing or collecting humans where they hide in the desolate cities and deserts.

But small groups of survivors have organized into a Resistance, hiding in underground bunkers and striking when they can against an enemy force that vastly outnumbers them. Controlling the Terminators is the artificial intelligence network Skynet, which became self-aware 14 years earlier and, in the blink of an eye, turned on its creators, unleashing nuclear annihilation on an unsuspecting world.

Only one man saw Judgment Day coming. One man, whose destiny has always been intertwined with the fate of human existence: John Connor (Christian Bale). Now the world is on the brink of the future that Connor has been warned about all his life. But something totally new has shaken his belief that humanity stands a chance of winning this war: the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger from the past whose last memory is of being on death row before awakening in this strange, new world.

Connor must decide whether Marcus can be trusted. But as Skynet adapts new strategies to end the Resistance forever, Connor and Marcus must find common ground to take a stand against the onslaught—to infiltrate Skynet and meet the enemy head-on.

At the beginning, John does not start off as leader of the human resistance, but will work his way through the ranks in the film. He is mistrusted by other soldiers due to his extensive knowledge of Skynet.

McG said that the film will reveal the development of the Model 101 Terminator as well: scenes involve humans being captured and studied by Skynet in order to perfect their cybernetic organisms and John explaining “[if] we let these things go online, the war is over”. Skynet tries to kill Kyle Reese because it is aware that Reese is John’s father, and uses him as a bait in an attempt to kill John.

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Directed by McG
Produced by
Derek Anderson
Victor Kubicek
Jeffrey Silver
Moritz Borman
Written by
Screenplay: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Uncredited: Jonathan Nolan, Anthony E. Zuiker, Shawn Ryan, Paul Haggis,
David C.Wilson
Characters: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd
Narrated by Linda Hamilton

Cast
Christian Bale as John Connor
Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright
Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese
Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor
Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams
Common as Barnes
Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Serena Kogan
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Roland Kickinger as the T-800 Model 101

Music by
Danny Elfman
Themes: Brad Fiedel
Cinematography Shane Hurlbut
Editing by Conrad Buff
Studio The Halcyon Company
Distributed by
North America: Warner Bros.
International: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date(s)
North America: May 21, 2009
United Kingdom: June 3, 2009
Australia: June 4, 2009
Mexico: July 31, 2009
Running time 115 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget US$200 million
Preceded by Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Followed by Terminator Salvation Sequel