Terminator Genisys

“What’s remarkable is that this fifth Terminator is worthwhile precisely because of its franchise cash-in excessiveness. It’s at once an eminently satisfying actioner, jackknifing tractor-trailers and vertiginous helicopter chases and all, as it is a passably thought-provoking comment on memory – headily engaging with the very nostalgia it intends to evoke.”

John Semley, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 75

“The best one-liners, like the best fight scenes, are reserved for Schwarzenegger. It's too soon to tell whether Terminator Genisys will have a catch phrase like "I'll be back" or "Hasta la vista, baby" but there are several candidates. Much of the film's comedy results from The Terminator's failed attempts to emulate human behavior.”

James Berardinelli, ReelViews · 75

“Terminator Genisys fires on all action cylinders when director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) follows the model James Cameron set in the first two films, still the glory of the series.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 75

“This new Terminator, the first since the dreadfully dreary and Arnold-less "Salvation," is engineered to feel at once eerily familiar and raise-the-stakes fresh.”

A.A. Dowd , The A.V. Club · 67

“Genisys goes back to what made the franchise work in the first place: not the machine inside the man, but vice versa.”

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post · 63