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Terminator Salvation
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
2009 · Directed by McG · 115 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
The end begins.
Plot
In 2003, Dr. Serena Kogan of Cyberdyne Systems convinces death row inmate Marcus Wright to sign over his body for medical research following his execution. Sometime later, the automated Skynet system is activated, becomes self-aware, and perceives humans as a threat to its existence, starting a nuclear holocaust known as "Judgment Day".
In 2018, John Connor leads an attack on a Skynet base where he discovers schematics of human prisoners being incorporated as living tissue for a new Terminator: the T-800. John survives a nuclear explosion on the base and proceeds to extraction. Following John's departure, Marcus emerges from the base's wreckage and begins heading toward Los Angeles.
John heads to the Resistance headquarters aboard a Los Angeles-class submarine and confronts General Ashdown and the Resistance commanders. They reveal that the Resistance has discovered a hidden signal that they believe can shut down Skynet's machines and plans to launch an offensive against Skynet's headquarters in San Francisco in four days due to an intercepted kill list created by Skynet, which will eliminate the Resistance's leaders within the same time frame. John learns that he is second on this list, after Kyle Reese, realizing Skynet has learned that Kyle will eventually travel back in time and become his father.
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Crew
- Written by: John Brancato, Michael Ferris
- Cinematography: Shane Hurlbut
- Edited by: Conrad Buff IV
- Music: Danny Elfman
- Production design: Martin Laing
- Produced by: Jeffrey Silver, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek, Derek Anderson
Cast
- Christian Bale as John Connor
- Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright
- Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams
- Helena Bonham Carter as Serena
- Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese
- Common as Barnes
- Zach McGowan as Soldier on Osprey
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor
- Jane Alexander as Virginia
- Michael Ironside as General Ashdown
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: The Halcyon Company, Moritz Borman Productions, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Mandate International
- Budget: $200,000,000
- Box office: $371,353,001
- Themes: army, artificial intelligence (a.i.), saving the world, prophecy, san francisco, california, gas station, cyborg, killer robot, dystopia, firearm
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