So much promise - Cameron producing, Hamilton returning, a retro-wiping of the timeline to create a true sequel to Terminator 2 - and whilst Dark Fate has much to be commended, and certainly improves on both Salvation and Genisys (the latter suffering as a proposed trilogy opener that was never developed enough), the latest franchise entry sees a welcome return to leaner, meaner storytelling and a fresh setting. However, Dark Fate also suffers from two fundamental flaws that prove the undoing of many of Hollywood's recent remakes/reboots, i.e. it tells the same old story expensively and fails to advance the mythology in an interesting or significant way, and in its final third a bloated (and frustratingly dark) big-budget action sequence is all CG-style over substance. For the first half at least, there are a couple of strong, zippy set pieces, and Linda Hamilton is a strong and welcome returning presence, but otherwise the film is simply an updated remake of old ideas that sadly did not connect with a wider audience other than the die-hard fans.
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