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Terminator Genisys 2015

Directed by Alan Taylor · 126 mins · 2,359 views

2.3 Letterboxd 2.25(186,135)
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Synopsis

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

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Reviews (46)

  1. A
    adambolt 8 月 23, 2026

    talk about an awkward family reunion amiright

    218 2
  2. D
    dǝnis 8 月 23, 2026

    arnold’s smiling scenes were the best

    166
  3. M
    Matt Singer 8 月 23, 2026

    Still like this movie and maintain there’s the good stuff in it, but Jai do have a few questions about some of the casting choices.

    258 4
  4. M
    Matt Singer 8 月 23, 2026

    This movie has a lot more in common with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS than I think most fans of the latter would care to admit. They’re both legacyquels but it goes beyond that. They both recreate the stories of their predecessors, sometimes beat for beat (and, in the case of GENISYS, in a way that’s so literal it evokes BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II). The relationships between Sarah and Kyle and Rey and Finn are nearly identical (the guy who believes he is a hero arrives to rescue this woman, who turns out to be far more capable than he is, a fact she repeatedly reminds him of). And Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s roles are really similar…

    181 12
  5. M
    matt lynch 8 月 23, 2026

    “This is a meaningless gesture. To hold onto something when you know you must let it go.” It’s time to let go of this series.

    657 2
  6. M
    MizfitMathew 8 月 23, 2026

    Man this series is getting really hard to freaking follow. 🤣 Getting? No…kind of always has been. So I’m guessing this has nothing to do with Salvation now, and this is a sequel? Or maybe just a complete reboot? I really don’t know. I’m trying so hard to follow these movies without having to Google it, but I think I have to tap out. It’s just…a lot. I did like that Arnold is back. I didn’t like the route they went with John Connor. I thought all the visuals were cool, and very Terminatory. But overall, I just don’t know if I even care anymore. This series should’ve never continued after T2. I know…money. But the quality is just not…

    207 2
  7. D
    DirkH 8 月 23, 2026

    No. Stop treating this franchise like it’s some indestructible robot from the future. It isn’t. There is nothing left to tell. To be honest the story was finished after the absolutely brilliant first part. I blame James Cameron. He set the tone with the sequel, a very well made film that just about negated everything that was brilliant about its predecessor and turned an iconic Sci Fi villain into an accessory. And that’s how every iteration of this franchise has presented itself. Desperate attempts to fill in gaps that were created in a sketched backstory in part 1. And never, ever succeeding. In many respects, story wise, Genesys is the worst of the bunch. I have absolutely no problems with…

    914 53
  8. J
    James (Schaffrillas) 8 月 23, 2026

    I always wanted Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese, AND Skynet to be annoying! 😃

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  9. J
    Josh Lewis 8 月 23, 2026

    “Time travel makes my head hurt.”

    272 1
  10. R

    Fight! – Stallone v. Schwarzenegger: A Rivalry of Muscular Proportions For better or worse, this was actually the first Terminator film I ever watched in theaters. And just like on this rewatch, I remember it being okay. As many of these later sequels past T2 have some solid ideas and action, by trying to come up with new twists and turns, again, while there are some good ideas, I don’t feel they were very well executed. The same goes with this sort of reboot. Performances by our new Sarah and Kyle are okay. Emilia and Jai are nowhere near Hamilton and Biehn in terms of their acting or their chemistry, but it could have been worse. There are not precisely…

    200 6
  11. E
    Evan 8 月 23, 2026

    Jai Courtney actually isn’t the worst thing about this movie. If anything this gives me a little bit of hope for him in Suicide Squad. I can’t even definitively say why, but for whatever reason I liked him in this movie. All of the performances are actually pretty good. Terminator Genisys biggest problem is that way too much time spent trying to develop a story that makes little sense. The plot is confusing as hell. Through out the entire film, I just kept thinking to myself “What the hell is going on!?” It’s frustrating because with a decent story that makes sense, this film could have actually been pretty good.

    234 5
  12. A
    Ari 8 月 21, 2026

    Pretty nice

  13. J
    James Price 8 月 21, 2026

    In movies associated with time travel the last thing you should do is switch up the mechanics and expect me to go along with it. Literally lost me in the first 10 minutes

  14. D
    DoesThisWork848 8 月 21, 2026

    Sarah Conor looking different.

  15. W
    whoissama 8 月 20, 2026

    يدخل التاريخ مستريح

  16. K
    kelsie 🎈 8 月 20, 2026

    this gets a like and two stars only because I liked Pops and when I thought he was a goner I was distraught 😭

  17. R
    random1adam 8 月 20, 2026

    Bu qədər büdcəni bu ssenariyə verən malı tapıb döymək lazımdı , süjet xətti deyilən bir şey görmədim filmdə hekayəni deşiy deşiy eləyiblər , kim hardan gəlib niyə gəlib bilinmir , indi bildim bu uşağ uşaqlıqda terminator öldürmək istədi deyə gələcək hadisələr dəyişdi , bu uşağin anasına 9 yaşinda terminator mən göndərmişəm??? Adam kimi ssenari tapın ala bu nədi bu boyda büdcəni zibil eləyiblər…

  18. M
    MartinTurina 8 月 20, 2026

    Und auch Teil 5 ist wieder nichts. Ich verstehe den Aspekt, die Story zu ändern, damit man in einem modernen Setting ankommt, aber das wird dann überhaupt nicht gut verwendet. Die Lovestory funktioniert auch kein bisschen und der Bösewicht ist langweilig. Außerdem ist das Skript teilweise richtig schlecht. Das beste ist, wo John Conner umgeschossen wird, sein Blut aus Metall besteht und er wie ein Dämon aufsteht und dann danach Sarah sagt „That’s not John“. Ja no shit, das erinnert mich irgendwie an so moderne Netflix Filme.

    1
  19. L
    Leo 8 月 20, 2026

    Movie makes no sense but I enjoy it

  20. Z
    zo 🫍 8 月 20, 2026

    she said “pops” and i knew this would suck ass in every imaginable way i only kept watching for matt smith ngl

  21. S
    sugarbear96 8 月 19, 2026

    Fuck you Genisys

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    _hacktheplanet_ 8 月 19, 2026

    Terminator: Squid Game of Thrones

  23. J
    John 8 月 19, 2026

    How did Alan Taylor get saddled with this script? There’s some interesting ideas + it’s fun they play around with the established lore, but the writing, CGI and acting (except Arnold & JK Simmons) are astonishingly bad

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    Gabriel Bayliss 8 月 19, 2026

    Not really good but underrated. I actually think this is better than the 3rd film, 8/10.

  25. Y
    yberturk 8 月 18, 2026

    bu ne yarrak gibi bir film ya bitti oglum artık bitti bitti lan kalmadı bitti yeter

  26. E
    Ereggs 8 月 18, 2026

    2.3/10 I didn’t think it’d be that bad but yeah this is pretty atrocious. Action is flooded with CGI haze so nothing has the weight or impact it should. Coming right off of terminator 3 makes it all the worse. Dialogue is expository, tell don’t show and there’s a good amount of marvel one liners to boot. Characters feel plotty and lifeless. I don’t understand or relate to any of these characters. There’s scenes where they open up but it’s…

  27. M
    Martika03 8 月 18, 2026

    Bro. like the timeline don’t mean nothing anymore. This is pretty equal to last knight in regards of just bs happening. I like pops tbh but Sarah Conner and Kyle reese might be the worst actor/actress duo. Also why does every single terminator post T2 look so bad

    1
  28. R
    rech 8 月 18, 2026

    fiquei incrédulo quando eu vi q era um reboot. q raiva q me deu quando a sarahtava gritando q o exterminador era do bem e o kyle cagouuu. terrivel desculpa pro arnold estar velho esse kyle é um chato do krl teimoso.

    1
  29. E
    ethanrbrt 8 月 18, 2026

    Oe c éteint

  30. U
    uqithegoodboys 8 月 18, 2026

    Now I’m confused, in the original story John should be protected, why is it like this??

  31. D
    DomBu18 8 月 18, 2026

    The ending got me crying for a bit.

  32. R
    RaidenNotFound 8 月 18, 2026

    Not the best but Kyle Reese was awesomeness, and I really like pops he’s so cool. Why did we have to ruin John Connor though? Why’d we have to make him evil? This isn’t fair. This isn’t my baby. 😡😡😡😡 Kyle, Sarah and Pops were AMAZING!!! Also I love how they keeps teasing Kyle about the pants!! Lol

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    Nicolas Peterson 8 月 18, 2026

    absolute revelation to scores of Terminator and cinema fans that Emilia Clarke might not be good at this whole acting deal. Also, flow chart (copyright LexG) needed to keep track of the timelines

  34. P
    pieceameat3 8 月 18, 2026

    I was interested for the first 20ish minutes then it fell off hard. Arnold is good like always and the guy playing John Connor is great as well. Stupid plot and generic action set pieces

  35. S
    Spencer Hoerig 8 月 17, 2026

    Alan Taylor’s Terminator Genisys is a wildly ambitious, time-hopping remix of the beloved sci-fi franchise that manages to deliver a surprisingly fun, albeit undeniably messy, popcorn experience. The film’s absolute greatest asset is the triumphant return of Arnold Schwarzenegger as “Pops,” an aging but relentlessly protective T-800 who easily anchors the chaotic narrative with genuine humor and surprising emotional warmth. The early sequences brilliantly recreate and subvert the iconic 1984 setting of the original film, offering a clever, visually spectacular…

  36. D
    DannyNicholson 8 月 17, 2026

    Genisys suffers from an overly complicated script and a PG-13 rating, but my love for Emilia Clarke makes it a guilty pleasure. Score 58

  37. T
    Thesniperelite 8 月 17, 2026

    Nice action scenes but this movie is confusing me with all this alternate timeline and plot twists and screwing with the timeline of the first 3 movies.

  38. D
    danteknave 8 月 17, 2026

    To me, there’s no worse combination than “starring Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney.” Every decade gets the Terminator sequel it deserves — which may explain why that shit has sucked since the Nineties. The post-Cameron crop is so bad, but each in their own specific ways. Ratchet.

    1
  39. C
    Craig Moore 8 月 17, 2026

    Pretty good. Good movie.

  40. C
    cruppy 8 月 17, 2026

    Can Jai Courtney even act?

  41. D
    Daksh 8 月 17, 2026

    you have to laugh. they have been dragging this horrendous franchise for decades, spanning past a sequel that mostly closed up every interesting and explorable thread, only to try and recreate the magic of that sequel by having the same characters show up older and younger with a noticeably older Arnold playing the same character he played all those decades ago. there’s nothing left to admire or reminisce, everything I like about that sequel is completely and utterly ruined in…

  42. R
    RandyMeeks87 8 月 16, 2026

    We’re now in requel land and it’s far from pretty or perfect with the story all muddled but it’s leaps better than the laughable previous entry. I remember the times when Hollywood pushed Jai Courtney as the next big thing and to date his best role is prob Dangerous Animals but homie is lost here and in everything that’s not Animals. Wild how this franchise doesn’t get more shit for going off the rails so badly. -Streamed on Paramount+

    2
  43. E
    Emir 10 月 21, 2015

    zaman çizgisini öyle bir karıştırmışlar ki bir noktadan sonra anlamaya çalışmayı bıraktım

  44. D
    ddt3380 8 月 24, 2015

    刚开始看的时候,分分钟想把前面几部都看了,看到当中的时候感觉自己都要打累了,最后的最后,即没有想看别的几部的想法,还累累的想睡觉,感觉一般吧,情节走势什么的都太普通了。(居然用了宝贵的30元券 我竟然有点心疼)

  45. R
    Raymee Skywalker 7 月 3, 2015

    Never knew that Schwarzenegger is so powerful that he can fight himself and still win

  46. J
    jeauramour 6 月 22, 2015

    🫳🏽 ⛅💀

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A Arnold Schwarzenegger Guardian / The Terminator
J Jason Clarke John Connor
E Emilia Clarke Sarah Connor
J Jai Courtney Kyle Reese
J J.K. Simmons O'Brien
D Dayo Okeniyi Danny Dyson
M Matt Smith Alex / Skynet
C Courtney B. Vance Miles Dyson
L Lee Byung-hun Cop / T-1000
M Michael Gladis Lieutenant Matias
S Sandrine Holt Detective Cheung
W Wayne Bastrup Young O'Brien
G Gregory Alan Williams Detective Harding
O Otto Sanchez Detective Timmons
M Matty Ferraro Agent Janssen
G Griff Furst Agent Burke
I Ian Etheridge Skynet - 10 yrs old
N Nolan Gross Skynet - 12 / 14 yrs old
S Seth Meriwether Skynet - 18 yrs old
A Afemo Omilami Perry
Director Alan Taylor
Writer Patrick Lussier, Laeta Kalogridis
Producer Shari Hanson, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison
Executive Producer Megan Ellison, Laeta Kalogridis, Paul Schwake, Bill Carraro, Patrick Lussier
Editor Roger Barton
Original Music Lorne Balfe
Sound John Guentner, Pud Cusack, Richard Duarte, James Ashwill, Joel Erickson, Tobias Poppe, Dan O'Connell, Greg ten Bosch, Ethan Van der Ryn, Scott Millan, John T. Cucci, Csaba Wagner, Jason W. Jennings, Erik Aadahl, Greg P. Russell, Nancy Nugent Title
Special Effects Mark Hawker, Shreyas Dorwat, Marshall T. Broyles
Stunts Ashley Nicole Hudson, Joe Ross, Nick Brandon, Tim Garris, Colin Follenweider, Jessica Harbeck, Monique McKellop, Jeff Wolfe
Synopsis
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
Director
Alan Taylor
Writer
Patrick Lussier, Laeta Kalogridis
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media
Country
USA
Language
English
Year
2015
Runtime
126 mins

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