Terminator Genisys (2015)
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In 2029, Kyle Reese travels back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor from a Skynet-sent T-800. He finds that Sarah was raised by a reprogrammed T-800 named Pops. They encounter a T-1000 and eventually decide to travel to 2017 to stop Skynet's emergence. In 2017, they discover Skynet is known as 'Genisys.' They are joined by John Connor, who is revealed to be a cyborg. They eventually infiltrate Cyberdyne's headquarters to destroy the Genisys mainframe. In a final battle, Pops traps John in a magnetic field, and both are destroyed, but Pops is upgraded with mimetic polyalloy and helps the others escape. The trio travels to Kyle's childhood home, where he tells his younger self about Genisys to ensure their arrival from 1984.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 126
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Alan Taylor
- Writers
- Laeta Kalogridis · writer; Patrick Lussier · writer
- Cast and characters
- Arnold Schwarzenegger · Terminator / Pops; Jason Clarke · John Connor; Emilia Clarke · Sarah Connor; Jai Courtney · Kyle Reese; J. K. Simmons · O'Brien; Dayo Okeniyi · Danny Dyson; Matt Smith · Alex; Courtney B. Vance · Miles Dyson; Lee Byung-hun · Cop / T-1000
- Genres
- science fiction; action
- Themes
- time travel; artificial intelligence; fate; family
- Tone and mood
- action; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- reimagining; multiverse; cyberwarfare
- Franchise connections
- Terminator
- Reception
- The film was largely panned by critics for its plot, though some praised the action sequences and Schwarzenegger's return.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 26% · scale: percentage · review count: 276; Metacritic · score: 38 · scale: 100 · review count: 41
- Awards and nominations
- Choice Summer Movie · Teen Choice Awards · 2015 · nomination; Choice Summer Movie Star: Female (Emilia Clarke) · Teen Choice Awards · 2015 · nomination; Best Summer 2015 Blockbuster · Golden Trailer Awards · 2015 · nomination; Best Science Fiction Film · Saturn Awards · 42nd · nomination
- Production trivia
- The film's title was originally intended to be Terminator Genesis.; The production was considered so disastrous that a nearby crew for Fantastic Four made 'AT LEAST WE’RE NOT ON TERMINATOR' jackets.; The film's budget was $155–158 million.
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