I found myself very much disengaged from the film because there is no good character hook into the story, and I also fear it was due to chopping out a lot of character development/backstory footage for the plethora of action money shots that failed to support the personal stakes of the characters because I simply had very little in terms in investment into the characters in this particular installment of the Terminator franchise.
Character arcs are what fueled the first 2 Terminator films, and McG and company don't understand this fundamental core tenant, and you are left with a lot of action porn, and very little story and narrative foundation, which requires stuff to blow up to get from scene to scene.
In the end, I have a "meh" reaction to the film as a whole.
I give it 2 stars, or a grade of C.
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