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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

McG

Writers (WGA):

John D. Brancato (written by) &
Michael Ferris (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

21 May 2009 (USA) more

Tagline:

The End Begins more

Plot:

After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job. full summary | full synopsis

Awards:

5 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(2819 articles)

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User Comments:

This was actually a decent film! more (747 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:

Project Angel (USA) (fake working title)
T4: Salvation (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Terminator 4 (USA) (working title)
Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (USA) (working title)
Terminator salvation - L'inizio della fine (Italy)
Terminator: Die Erlösung (Germany)
Терминатор: Да придёт спаситель (Russia) [ru]
Exolothreftis: I sotiria (Greece) [el]
Exterminador Implacável - A Salvação (Portugal) [pt]
Exterminador do Futuro - Salvação (Brazil) [pt]
Meiloi jinsi 2018 (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) [zh]
Mogui zhongjiezhe - Weilai jiushu (Taiwan) [zh]
Teomineiteo miraejeonjaeng-ui sijak (South Korea) [ko]
Terminátor - Megváltás (Hungary) [hu]
Terminátor 4 (Czech Republic) [cs]
Terminaator: Lunastus (Estonia) [et]
Terminatör kurtulus (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Terminator - La Salvación (Peru) [es]
Terminator - La salvación (Argentina) [es]
Terminator - Ocalenie (Poland) [pl]
Terminator - Pelastus (Finland) [fi]
Terminator - Salvarea (Romania) [ro]
Terminator - Spasenje (Croatia) [hr]
Terminator 4 (Japan: English title) [en]
Terminator rédemption (Canada: French title) [fr]
Terminator renaissance (France) [fr]
Terminator spasenje (Serbia) [sr]
Weilai zhanshi 2018 (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) [zh]
Zhongjiezhe 2018 (China: Mandarin title) [zh]
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language.; Rated R for some violence and brief nudity. (director's cut)

Runtime:

115 min | 118 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA | Germany | UK | Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Principal photography took place over 77 days. more

Goofs:

Continuity: During the moto-terminator chase, the ball on the tow truck switches from being locked to the side of the boom arm to swinging freely, most notable right before Marcus tells Kyle to drop the ball. more

Quotes:

Kyle Reese: [a car radio suddenly starts and Kyle hears music for the first time] What is that?
Marcus Wright: A song my brother used to listen to.
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Movie Connections:

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) more

Soundtrack:

Rooster more


FAQ

Where can I see the official trailer(s) for Terminator Salvation?
Why don't we see any futuristic weapons, like the laser guns?
What did Arnold Schwarzenegger think of this film?
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33 out of 56 people found the following comment useful.
This was actually a decent film!, 17 July 2009
7/10
Author: siderite from Romania

Enough with the copycat comments! Everybody is so keen to criticize this film, while completely ignoring its good parts. Was there some plot weirdness? Well, yeah, we are talking humans winning versus machines here. But most of it was decent.

In this film you get to see more machine types, more character ambivalence (do you even remember the first Terminator? it was machine fascism!), more hints to the previous movies and, most of all, hints of the direction of the Terminator concept. I don't want to spoil it for you, but you must be blind not to see it is a good thing.

Other good things in this movie: Moon Bloodgood, the Oh-girl; Michael Ironside, just as fun as ever, even if having some scenes. And there is Sam Worthington, who is actually the main character and more like Help from BSG, but twice as cool, NOT Christian Bale aka John Connor.

I am surprised to see that both Terminator the series and the new Terminator are bringing some modernism to the old age concept of machine war. They are obviously not without flaw, but considering the alternatives and, even more, my expectations, I would say that saying this film was bad must be just some fashionable thing to say right now.

Bottom line: I liked it!

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