It seems that there are two kinds of time travel films: those that take care to think about time travel paradox and address them or integrate them into the plot, and those that just go whenever they want. Terminator Genisys is the later. And appropriately so, since it is not taking great care with the timeline (within the film or in connection with previous films), this film goes big, jumping all over the place and having fun with it. We see Arnold meeting up with Arnold and we see machines sending people to fight people who are fighting machines. And we are left with enough intentional foreshadowing to know that there is more backstory to be told (who actually sent Arnold in this timeline in the first place). I am not sure that describing the plot is entirely useful. Suffice it to say that the machines are still trying to kill Sarah Connor to prevent her from birthing John Connor who is trying to prevent the machines from existing. And along the way, we blow stuff up and wreck cars. What could be more fun. I appreciated this movie for what it was, nothing more and certainly nothing less.
3 stars (out of 5)
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