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Terminator Salvation
2009
**½
Director: McG
Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jadagrace Berry, Michael Ironside, Helena Bonham Carter

The fourth part in the series is set in 2018, when the war between the machines and humanity is at full swing. John Connor, who leads the troops on the battlefield, attempts to save the young man who is to travel back in time and father him (in the original Terminator). At the same time, the resistance fighters encounter a mysterious man who doesn't know who or what he is himself. This is another totally unnecessary sequel, which goes through the same motions and ends up in square one. As an action film, however, it's more exciting and inventive than Rise of the Machines.