Terminator Genisys

Ratings: 7.8/10

Film Class: A+

Genre: Sci-Fi Action

Stinger: Yes (mid-credits)

Kyle Reese, a relatively unknown soldier of the Resistance led by John Connor is sent back in time to protect his mother, Sarah Conner. If you're clueless about the Terminator franchise, its about cyborgs ruling the future. T1's about protecting Sarah Conner, T2's about protecting Sarah Connor's son, John Connor, T3 was quite a blur, T4 was about the future where the cyborgs have already ruled, and finally now, T5, aka Terminator Genisys seems to bring you back to the first installment of the franchise. 

In fact, it's almost similar, just that everything's now running on a different timeline. The entire cast has changed, with the exception of the most prominent figure we know as the Terminator... Arnold Schwarzenegger. And to quote one of the lines in the movie, the "Future is not set", giving way to more installments in the future - as can be seen from the mid-credits stinger. *major spoilers ahead* The stinger scene however was a big question mark, all I can tell is that Genisys was not completely destroyed.  

Genisys and Skynet are the same thing, but due to the different timeline, it kinda make sense to create a new "name" for the cyborg cyber-mastermind. 

The Awesome: The CG was top class. Reminded me of video game cinematics. I especially loved the fight scene between the first version of Arnold as the Terminator versus his current "older" self. It brings back the classics, and thanks to the CG, seeing young and old Arnold battle it out didn't feel out of place. T1000 was also brought back via the ice-cold hunky Byung-hun Lee, and a new "Terminator" was formed due to the integration between humans and machines. 

The classic line "Hasta La Vista" was not said, but at least Arnold did say "I'll be back". And when it did happen, the director just had to bring back the classic Terminator soundtrack as well. That, was just super cool. 

The Good: Though the storyline was in a way, predictable, there were slight twists. Rather confusing, but it still has a bit of the "wow" factor. The pace of the action also seemed to never really drop. The chemistry between the leads wasn't present, but the female lead could fire up the screens by herself anytime. 

The Bad: The script was horrible, jokes felt flat most of the time. 

After T2, I thought the Terminator franchise couldn't be rebooted (T3 & 4 were crap). Well, Terminator Genisys finally managed to upgrade the franchise.