TERMINATOR SALVATION

 

Headline:  ** He's Baaack! **

Title:  TERMINATOR SALVATION

Quality:  * * * *   Acceptability:  -1

SUBTITLES:  None

WARNING CODES:

Language:  L

Violence:  VVV

Sex:  None

Nudity:  N

 

RATING:  PG-13

RELEASE:  May 21, 2009

TIME:  115 minutes

STARRING:  Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Jadagrace, and Bryce Dallas Howard

DIRECTOR:  McG

PRODUCERS:  Derek Anderson, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek, and Jeffrey Silver

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Jeanne Allgood, Peter D. Graves, Mario Kassar, Dan Lin, Joel B. Michaels, and Andrew G. Vajna

WRITERS:  John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris

BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY:  N/A

DISTRIBUTOR:  Warner Bros. Pictures/Time Warner

 

CONTENT:  (BB, CC, H, L, VVV, N, M) Strong moral worldview of saving humanity from evil machines with a very Christian, redemptive theme of sacrificing for others, including man on a cross about to die, other symbolic man in cross position, discussion of born again, new life and second chance, man willing to give his heart so another will have new life, although there is no mention of God in the main part of the movie except in a profanity, and twice there is a formal reading of Psalm 23 by a preacher before the state execution of a supporting character during a prologue; three light obscenities and one profanity; much violence, though fantasy in nature with mostly no blood, many explosions, man shot in back, man is executed through lethal injection, fist fights between men, and much intense fighting between humans and robots; no sexual content; upper male nudity, one robot character, who has skin, is naked, though no private parts are seen; no alcohol; no smoking; and, machines are trying to take over the world.

 

GENRE:  Science Fiction

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Older teenagers and adults

 

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SUMMARY:  TERMINATOR SALVATION, continuing the TERMINATOR movies, stars Christian Bale as John Conner, the prophesied Resistance leader against a group of evil, world dominating machines. John seeks to find his father, who holds the key to stopping humanity's annihilation. TERMINATOR SALVATION is a thrilling action movie with intense, non-stop action violence and a strong moral, redemptive theme of fighting evil and sacrificing for others.

 

IN BRIEF:

 

TERMINATOR SALVATION, continuing the TERMINATOR movies, stars Christian Bale. Bale plays John Conner, the prophesied leader of the Resistance against world-dominating machines. John seeks to find his father, who holds the key to the total annihilation of humanity. John learns his father is being held prisoner at the evil Skynet headquarters. The Resistance commander calls for an invasion of the headquarters, but John uses his skills of persuasion to hold it off until he can rescue the humans.

 

TERMINATOR SALVATION is a thrilling action movie that's missing much of the potential negative content. It is mostly non-stop, intense violent action, but almost no blood and very few people actually dying on screen. In fact, much of the violence is aimed at robots. Also, there is very little foul language and no sex. A robot with skin appears as a naked man, but nothing revealing is shown. Happily, TERMNINATOR SALVATION has a strong moral, redemptive Christian theme of fighting evil and sacrifice. Media-wise viewers may want to discuss the movie's themes of what makes someone a real human being. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children due to the intense action violence.