Terminator: Genisys

I really thought the producers were going to resist the temptation. No, not the temptation to make Schwarzenegger’s dialogue a kind of “greatest hits” list of lines; that happened, of course. I mean that I thought they would resist the temptation to set up further sequels and give this saga a decent ending. They had a chance here, because this film is actually a fairly good entry in the series. The revelation here (if you’re not a Game of Thrones fan) is Emilia Clarke, who makes for a very good Sarah Connor. Arnold is fine as the machine on the scene; nothing spectacular, just a par performance in his signature role. Overall, it’s entertaining, the messing-with-the-storyline strategy works (if you don’t want to nitpick too much), and there’s a pretty good not-so-subtle subtext about what technology is doing to our lives. Alas, if only they’d made the ending a real ending; even if you love these movies, you really can’t argue that there needs to be more of them.