Let's move on to the topic below and talk about movies.
First a couple of main actors. John Connor, played by Christian Bale, is one of the leaders of the Human Resistance. I first knew him in "Batman", and then "The Mechanic" began to pay attention, until last year's "Dark Knight" began to like it. In "Terminator 4", BALE's performance is just right, very sophisticated. His calmness when analyzing the battle situation, his willingness to accept the mission at the beginning and his bloody conflict with the commander at the beginning, show the hot side of his character. The friendship with teammates, the love with his wife, and the sympathy for the trapped people are all well expressed. Really looking forward to his performance in "Enemy of the State". The role of CONNOR reminds me of Marcus, the protagonist in Gears of War, who also led his team to fight after the fall of mankind and has the same character. BALE is the LEADING ACTOR, but what really shines is MARCUS, played by Sam Worthington. The role of MARCUS is crucial, and it runs through the entire plot. From signing a contract agreeing to donate his own organs in prison to infiltrating the SKYNET headquarters to uncover the truth, the film revolves around him. As the only TERMINATOR with a human heart in the film, his half-human, half-machine is also one of the themes of the whole film SALVATION. MARCUS completed his self-redemption while exploring the truth about himself. WORTHINGTON's performance is not as sophisticated as BALE, even a little immature, but it has more sincerity, the anger when being misunderstood by the rebels and the helplessness when being shot by the person he likes BLOODGOOD, needless to say the fight scenes, in the desert The performance in protecting BLOODGOOD in "Watchmen" is comparable to RORSCHACH's prison melee. The heroine is CONNOR's pregnant wife and rebel nurse, played by Bryce Howard. The only thing I remember is the terrifying dialogue she had when she was parting with CONNOR~ The other woman was made by Moon Played by Bloodgood, he met and fell in love with MARCUS in the desert, brought MARCUS back to the rebels, took risks to save MARCUS because of love, was arrested, and the last KISS ~ quite satisfactory, there are no bright spots, but there are no obvious loopholes. "Terminator 4" is a man's movie after all, and there is really no room for women here, which may also have something to do with the script. The supporting actor is played by the 17-year-old Russian driver Anton Yelchin (see "STAR TREK"), who impressed me more than "STAR TREK".
Let's talk about the plot of the movie (with spoilers)
The film starts in 2003, just before Judgment Day. Marcus, one of the protagonists, sat in prison and signed an agreement to donate his organs. As for why Marcus was imprisoned and why he donated himself, the film did not. explain. After that, the picture changed to the scene after Judgment Day in 2018. CONNOR led the rebel army to successfully attack a base of SKYNET. In the base, CONNOR found the target of this mission, a USB flash drive containing TERMINTOR SIGNAL, and accidentally It was discovered that SKYNET was developing a more powerful TERMINTOR (that is, the BOSS with the appearance of a governor), and CONNOR returned to the headquarters of the rebel army. Foreshadowing. The leader of the rebel army told CONNOR the purpose of the mission and told him to test SIGNAL. CONNOR resolutely accepted the task. Start looking for enemies to test. At this time, the second clue of the film started immediately. MARCUS, covered in mud, walked out of the ruined machine of SKYNET. The scene at this time reminded me of MR. V's appearance. At this time, MARCUS did not know what happened, let alone the current era. Facing the desert that buried the city, he looked dazed. In the ruins MARCUS met Kyle Reese played by Anton Yelchin. MARCUS helped REESE fix the radio, and REESE heard CONNOR's voice on the radio and decided to join the rebels. And MARCUS insisted on going to the center of San Francisco, the headquarters of SKYNET, to explore his life experience. just then HUNTERING TERMINATOR appears, MARCUS and REESE try to escape by car. The fight scenes during this period were very exciting. Full of effects. Afterwards, REESE was captured, and MARCUS escaped by falling into the river. After that, MARCUS met BLOODGOOD who was on a mission, and BLOODGOOD took MARCUS back to the resistance camp. On the way, MARCUS unfortunately stepped on a landmine (囧) and was carried back to the resistance camp for surgery. At this time, MARCUS' secret was discovered. He had the appearance of a human and the body of TERMINATOR. MARCUS was imprisoned. CONNOR thought that MARCUS It was an undercover agent sent by SKYNET, and BLOODGOOD identified him as the real MAN! Later, BLOODGOOD rescued MARCUS, CONNOR met TERMINATOR while chasing MARCUS, MARCUS saved CONNOR's life, and said that he could go back to SKYNET's headquarters to help CONNOR, CONNOR finally believed in MARCUS. After returning to the SKYNET headquarters, MARCUS learned the truth. It turned out that his organs were used by SKYNET for research, and the U disk obtained by CONNOR was actually a trap set by SKYNET. SKYNET finally learned about the headquarters of the rebel army, and blow up the submarine. At this time, MARCUS was faced with a choice, HUMAN or TERMINATOR? MARCUS chose the former. At this time, CONNOR sneaked into the base of SKYNET to rescue REESE, where he met the BOSS with the appearance of the governor. After a desperate struggle between the two, he finally defeated the robot. CONNOR was mortally wounded. In order to save him, MARCUS decided to sacrifice himself and donate his heart to CONNOR, and CONNOR was rescued. The end of the film is very similar to the explosion screen of "GOW2". CONNOR left the helicopter and the battle ended, heralding the arrival of a new war.
The theme of the film, SALVATION, has two manifestations. One is that CONNOR leads the resistance army and realizes the redemption of mankind. The second is that MARCUS seeks the truth about itself, which is the redemption of self.
The plot of the film is generally good, except for a few points that can't stand up to scrutiny. The script was written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, who wrote Terminator 3, and Jonathan Nolan, director of The Dark Knight.
There are two very impressive things about the apocalyptic scene in the film. The first is that MARCUS has just stepped out of the SKYNET base, facing a city buried in the desert. The scene at this time reminded me of the scene when I just walked out of Vault 101 in "FALLOUT 3", it was exactly the same. It seems that the director MCG is also a radiation FANS. The second is CONNOR driving across the Golden Gate Bridge to SKYNET's San Francisco headquarters.
No matter how much suspicion people have about MCG before, it is certain that "Terminator 4" is definitely MCG's best movie. I don't know what the final trilogy will be like, but at least now I see hope.
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