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TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
Dir: Tim Miller (15, 120 mins)
Another year, another attempted Terminator reboot/re-imagining, but this latest attempt has one thing going for it: the return of Linda Hamilton as the original Sarah Connor. Written out of the third Terminator sequel and the misguided rehashes of Terminators Salvation and Genisys, Hamilton returns as lean and mean as she was in Terminator 2. Original writer/director James Cameron himself is back, taking a hands-on role as producer whilst Deadpool’s Tim Miller has been tasked with taking the reins of the flagging and oft-unnecessary franchise. Mackenzie Davis, last seen in sci-fi land in Blade Runner 2049, is an enhanced human sent back from the future to protect another young woman played by Natalia Reyes, who has the fate of humanity in her hands. Not quite a Terminator but with Terminator qualities (i.e. quite good at fighting), Davis faces up against liquid robot Gabriel Luna and Hamilton herself, who thought she had saved the world – but, alas, no, because there’s always more money to be made from another sequel. Arnold Schwarzenegger also appears along with Edward Furlong as original offspring John Connor in what will hopefully be a satisfying continuation rather than the generic repetitive messes of the other sequels. And yes, inevitably, someone does say ‘I’ll be back’. Opens Oct 23
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