7/10
'Dark Fate' is a return to form.
18 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
First off I'm happy to say that James Cameron, is back as co-writer and producer to the franchise! You know, a lot of people thought he'd never do anything with 'terminator' once he reacquired the rights, but I did, and I told my mom that there is no way Jim would ever! It's his baby you know?

Now before I go into the film i'd like to mention that, this franchise is (DAMAGED) from the other filmmakers over the years; For toughs that don't know, Jim had to sell the rights way back when he did T1 in 1984, in order to get a possible sequel made, now this franchise went through many studio hands over the years, then around when he did T2 in 1991, he sold the the rights again. I believe at that time he was either done with the series or he really didn't know where to go next, but Arnold was enthusiastic about making another, Jim felt 'terminator' is very much Arnold's as well, Jim just offered ask for as much money as possible. And the rest is history for the downfall of the franchise.

(Onto the film). Mild spoilers ahead.

In 1998 three years after judgement day which was set in 1995, John Connor and his mother Sarah Connor are relaxing in mexico at a local bar, John goes to the counter to get his mother some drinks when suddenly John is gunned down by a T-800! Sarah cradles John's lifeless corpse and thus starts a new chain of events! 22 years later in mexico a time sphere appears marking the arrival of Grace a resistance fighter from the year 2042! who is human but with cybernetic enhancements. Her mission is to protect a young woman named Dani Ramos. Also a new terminator menace from the future arrives called Rev-9 who is a new form of dark liquid metal and a solid but hollow endoskeleton, both forms can split in two full autonomous units! he is here to kill Dani Ramos. Later Grace and Dani meet up with Sarah Connor and the Terminator who is more human socially that lives in a cabin with a "wife and child" (used as cover). Together the awesome action foursome do battle with the Rev-9!!!

This movie was pretty good i really liked it, now it's never going to be better than the first two films which are classics.This movie did something different and it feels fresh like the the first two, which is good and this film feels like a true sequel, you know, a true T3. Don't listen to all the negativity out there, keep your mind off all that rubbish and see it for yourself.

I give it a 7/10. This one feels like a blood relative to T1 and T2, and this film is directed by Tim Miller, also Jim has said this is very much Tim's movie. But don't let that get you down it's fast, fun and action packed!!! I hope you have a good time because I know I did!!!
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