Terminator: Dark Fate

There's only so much even Hamilton and Davis can do with such one-note characters (though Hamilton, at least, seems like she's having a ton of fun), and Dark Fate doesn't seem especially interested in seeing them as anything more.

It's fine for two hours. But all the diversity window dressing can't hide Dark Fate's inconsequentiality.

This sixth installment puts the third, fourth and fifth to shame.

It's not overly sentimental but Dark Fate succinctly links up to [James] Cameron's early films, without getting bogged down in what actually happens in this new alternate future.

It is to the director's credit that he dwells on the inner life of all of the characters, even the original Terminator.

Dark Fate by and large pulls off recapturing the goofy fun of the original, though with a twist. It evokes the earliest Terminator films, but Dark Fate doesn't want to just rewrite Terminator's future -- it wants to reevaluate its past, too.

Once again, as is customary in the saga, a dystopian future and games between temporal fluctuations are proposed through an anachronistic story, in which the new Terminator is more invincible than ever...

A narrative decision in the opening sequence removes some of T2’s emotional impact, damaging the saga’s best movie and one of the greatest sci-fi/action films of all time.

“Dark Fate” still packs enough to make this enjoyable especially for franchise fans. The characters are the biggest treat, the fresh faces and the series vets.

Another retconned franchise, another ill-advised attempt to capitalize on an intellectual property well past its prime.