Gender is somewhat flipped for Terminator: Dark Fate as Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton – Missing in America, The Terminator) teams up with Grace (Mackenzie Davis – Tully, Bladerunner 2049), an augmented human. With the help of a retired Arnold Schwarzenegger, they must protect a young Mexican woman (Natalia Reyes – Birds of Passage, Pickpockets) from the most advanced liquid Terminator yet seen.
It’s all predictable stuff but director Tim Miller (Deadpool) manages to introduce a level of humanity and snatches of humour into proceedings, along with the knowledge that Arnie will not be back….
Rating: 50%