Terminator: Genesys

Ok I really went into this expecting trash from start to finish but I've got to say, It wasn't that bad.  I mean sure it's a little dumb (OK a lot dumb) and yes the plot makes no sense at all, and yes yes yes they spoiled the villain ( who was maybe the worst villain of the series) in the trailer and finally yes I would have cast a literal rock as Kyle Reese before abysmal Jai Courtney.  But there is some genuine good action movie fun here .  Emilia Clark is great as Sarah Conner (maybe in ten years they can cast Maisie Williams, and hit a game of thrones trifecta) she's tough, but this version of the character is very young and she keeps role fun.  Governator is better than he's been in a very long time. Call me a sucker but his comic relief worked for me.  JK Simmons is fantastic as always, his only real flaw in this is how little screen time he gets.  There's actually some really neat people in this, however it's hard to give credit for putting the excellent Courtney B Vance (why isn't that guy in more stuff?) when they literally give him one scene.  There's another rather famous actor in here who is not unfamiliar with time travel, which came somewhat out of the blue.  You'll be watching the movie and fairly early on you'll think "wait a minute, is that..."  Overall, the movie's chief problem is not understanding what its good at.  The first 30 minutes or so are legitimately good, and great for fans of the series.  The movie weakens as it goes on, with a helicopter chase at the end that shatters suspension of disbelief. I mean basically its a good time and worth seeing in the theater, which is way more than I could say for the last two outings.

I guess I'd give it like a 6.5/10