Terminator Genisys: He is back only as 'Pops'

Staring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, JK Simmons
Rated: 6/10
Arnie baba is back and in a mould that he loves best on screen — as a machine which helps him dispense with the cumbersome job of displaying any emotions. As Terminator, originally a killing machine, Schwarzenegger is at his best though this time round, he is more ‘Pops’ and less Terminator and is allowed to show a flicker of emotion by showing off his teeth in what what you could call a mechanical smile. He also has flesh all over his nuts and bolts which hurts, bleeds and burns up too.
Officiated to nurture and protect Sarah Conor in the past while the future sorts itself out and her son in the 2029 time zone sends back a troubleshooter to 1984 to save his future mother, ‘Pops’ Arnie fulfills his job as he mechanically bumps off the real Terminator (also sent in from the future by Skynet to kill Sarah).
Yes, all this past and future and present continuous tenses in the film jumble you up and you do wish that the expertise of Cameroon, the original director, had come to this fifth edition’s rescue. Though there are fantastic computer graphics and loud statements of technology made by the director, they come across as noises to draw the attention away from a lack of weightage in the storyline and the covert inertia that threatens the film here and there. Good viewing though for undying fans of this decades old sci-fi series.
Source: Sunday Pioneer, 5 July 2015

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