Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Say what you want about Terminator 3, but the actor who played Connor in that film (Nick Stahl) does have a bit of resemblance to the original Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), and you believe he's Kyle's son. Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney look nothing alike. Speaking of Kyle, in the original Terminator he was lean, but muscular, and looked like a soldier but not too buff for someone who'd supposedly starved most of his life. Courtney, who plays Kyle in this film, looks like he hits the gym every morning and has glamour muscles. He also has none of the original scarring or any of the PTSD issues that Biehn's version had, and Michael Biehn is also a much better actor. I was not convinced that Courtney was Kyle Reese.And now for the worst part: like the title says, it was exactly as bad as I thought it would be. If it had been worse, it would have been enjoyably bad. If it had been better, well, that speaks for itself. But this was exactly as bad. There was a couple of funny lines here and there, and Arnold was alright in this movie, but the obvious CGI was shameful and I found myself angry that this movie was exactly what I thought it would be. The first three movies were all rated R and went all the way. This was PG-13, and clearly not fully realized. I'm glad I watched it online for free instead of paying for a movie ticket or buying the Blu-Ray.

Critics might want to jump all over this, but damn, jump back Jack! This movie has more than enough to keep you in your seat. The struggle continues between the ravaged and scrambled human race and dominance of terminator cyborgs. This prequel to the Terminator unravels a much different back story for Sarah Connor, mother of the Resistance hero John Connor. It is time travel for Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) to journey back to 1984 to protect Sarah (Emilia Clarke). There is a new stylish storyline that doesn't insult your intelligence, more than enough powerful action scenes, loud and super special effects...plus a laugh or two. A lot revolves around the Guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and get this, a smart phone that actually proves to be a very smart phone. TERMINATOR GENISYS is better than you may think. MIss Clarke is not just another pretty face; she makes Sarah Connor everything you want her to be. Also featured in the cast: Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Michael Gladis, Courtney B. Vance and Dayo Okenlyi.

Visually a great treat for the eyes, which is essentially summarizing the entirety of the movie.I wasn't much fan of the re-writing of the entire storyline that was built up throughout the previous movies in the "Terminator" franchise. It was just respectless to just take the entire franchise and storyline as remold it into this mess of a storyline.Arnold Schwarzenegger did a good job in reprising his role, and Byung-hun Lee was phenomenal as a T-1000. But it was downright ridiculous that they recast Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese. And lets be honest as neither Emilia Clarke or Jai Courtney were up to the task, not even close to it.Watch this movie for entertainment value only and disregard it entirely as a proper entry to the "Terminator" franchise. Think of it as a 'what if...' approach to the franchise.

The action scenes were cool and so were the special effects. It had excitement, but the story wasn't focused. It had too many timelines. It had too many villains and one of the villains appeared briefly as a cop like the liquid metal T-1000, but had nothing to do with the movie. I loved it at first, until they had this frustrating twist of John Connor. In addition, Sarah Connor had a completely different back story shown from when she was nine years old that I didn't think was necessary either. The timeline of the first two has been severely altered, but I still love the first two the most. Out of the five Terminators, I rate this fourth place behind only T3.