The Terminators Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES
Built to protect mankind, now programmed to destroy.
A small band of resistance fighters battle the cyborgs that have taken control of the planet.
| Jeremy London | Kurt |
| A Martinez | Sheriff Reed Carpenter |
| Paul Logan | TR-5 |
| Lauren Walsh | Chloe |
| Sara Tomko | Pallas |
| Dustin Harnish | Bronson |
| Clint Browning | Chuck |
| Lucinda Rogers | Tiffany |
| Mark Hengst | Tanner |
| Gary Miller-Youst | Sam |
| Joel Hebner | Commander Gregory Anson |
| Naómi Hurter | Paige |
| Russell Reynolds | Captain Engineer |
| Stephen Blackehart | Logan |
| Jason S. Gray | Lipinski |
| Xavier S. Puslowski |
1.80 out of 10 (753 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Seriously? Is this for REAL?!!? *sigh*
posted on 27 Aug 2009What is the deal with this guy Xavier S. Puslowski and his team of rip off merchants?!!? There is a full list of his film "credits" on this site... take note of them all...... and AVOID! Alternatively, buy a copy of each one on DVD and BURN it! Do the world a favour! Oh and in case you were wondering (like you don't know already) this film sucks really bad! Im quite baffled as to how they have got away with this?!!? Exact same concept, artwork, etc! Just ridiculous. These crazy idea stealing a**holes have got to be stopped! I swear if i see one more dodgy independent (read - bad remake) film from these guys, i will go to the states and hunt them all down and kill them! Cash grabbing whores! Plain and simple! Do yourself a favour and wait for Terminator Salvation. Not long now..... (Even if i like most are sceptical of MCG as the director!)
Asylum strikes again
posted on 25 Aug 2009I am amused at the comments that take offense at this movie. Everyone that buys/rents DVDs should be aware of the reputation of "The Asylum". They have found their niche and have all the needed brass to not be ashamed of what anyone thinks. Of course they are in it for the money! You know when you get one of their DVDs that is a quickly thrown together and shot piece of work... and their lawyers know just what can be done to circumvent any copyright infringement. (you can't copyright the word terminator or terminators; you can copyright the idea of a cyborg going back through time to eliminate an enemy - this terminators movie does not incorporate that idea) I rent Asylum movies for fun and entertainment and in no way expect a "good" movie but I do get a few laughs out of it. If you want a good movie don't get this one. However, if you just want to be curious and have some laughs, by all means have a go at it (just don't buy it).
Seriously
posted on 23 Aug 2009Seriously. Whoever gave this film 7 to 10 stars is either lying or has no taste in film altogether.I will give this movie a 1 for OK CGI effects, But awful acting.The filmmakers definitely have visual ideas. But none of them are actually there to tell the story.Obviously this movie is for people who don't like a descent story line. Just a lot of fast paced inane action. They story line, if you can call it that, is very weak and very one dimensional. The characters were awful and the acting even worse. This is not to say most of the brain dead people out in will like it.This movie sucks. There's no sugar coating necessary. Just don't see it and live your life. There are so many good films to see instead of this piece of crap.
sometimes bad is bad
posted on 17 Aug 2009You know, sometimes there is "funny" bad, and sometimes there is "awful" bad, and then there is this. To take a classic like T2 or T3 and do this to it, is akin to painting a smiley face on the Mona Lisa.If you are going on a first date, and you take someone to see this, chances are your number will be deodorized before it is burned.This "alleged" movie is so bad, I feel like I have bee violated from watching 20 minutes of it. Seriously, take everyone who was involved in this hoax, and drive then to the nearest euthanasia booth, and pay the fee, but do not stand too close in case you get infected with retarded spores.This fiasco makes Spaceballs look like 2001 A Space Odyssey. I have seen porno movies that have more sincerity,depth and intrigue!I have to go shower again to try to get rid of the stench....
For what is is.....its watchable
posted on 11 Aug 2009I started watching this, knowing that this was made by Asylym, and to be honest, it was not all that bad. Yes, the movie has CGI, but its not overloaded with it, and honestly this is one of the better Asylym films i've seen.Acting is okay, Paul Logan looks really cool and believable as the TR, he has the look, he's ripped, and does a fairly good job. A Martinez, whom i remember only from Santa Barbara has aged well, and is actually a good actor, well he was acting okay, before the end of the film. Jeremy London looks pale, and unconvincing.Special effects are really good, music is okay too. Of course this is nowhere near the Arnold Schwarzenegger terminator trilogy, or the new C. Bale vehicle, but still one of the better sci-fi movies of Asylym. Waaaay better than Universal Soldiers for example. Give it a look.
The ultimate in fun/bad
posted on 11 Aug 2009The Asylum presents The Terminators, and a part of me deplores their most legally untenable title yet, I have to admire their audacity in taking a similar them to a popular franchise and attempting to circumvent the copyright laws by simply making the title plural. These are the plucky plagiarizers who were sued by the makers of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" for their movie "The Day The Earth Stopped," and won, so I'm guessing they're feeling lucky. One wonders the next endeavor from the Asylum will feature a cloned British spy, who will be known as "James Bonds." The basic premise is that mankind has an army of androids performing various tasks and oddjobs around the country. The robots revolt in unison around the country and begin uniformly attempting to kill every human being they can, by either pulling out various organs, impaling them with punches, or just shooting them with a gun. Sadly the robots (cheekily dubbed "TR4s") are mute throughout, which leaves one to imagine the horrible puns that could have been written for them ("I'll be coming back!" "Come with with me if you want to live . . .just kidding!" *blam!*).All the androids are identical, which is understandable, but what I don't get is why every single one of them is wearing the exact same outfit. Some of these robots were working in shops, some were working on a space station, some were presumably dancing at a bachelorette party, yet they are all wearing slacks and a sleeveless shirt? The robots are played by an iron jawed, bodybuilder type (Paul Logan) who seems like his exclusive preparation was watching a lot of Arnold as the (actual) Terminator to determine how to run and fire a gun like a big-screen, killing machine, muscular, humanoid robot, which Arnold wrote the book on. I'm not saying its legible, but he definitely wrote the book.We follow a small band of survivors from a little town outside of Los Angeles, robot holocaust, led by the town Sheriff (A Martinez — that's the actor's name "A Martinez", as apparently the Asylum could not afford a specific Martinez, but had to settle for a more generic brand).I want to say I had an absolute blast watching the Terminators with friends last night, and for fun/bad movie lovers I highly recommend it.Daniel J. Roos film.ispwn.com
Honestly,It looks Damn Kewl !
posted on 11 Aug 2009Theasylum has done it again with a great cast: Jeremy London,A Martinez and Paul Logan. Terminators is solid sci-fi action and pulls no punches in any respect. The characters are natural,and never let us down as far as a moving plot goes. Paul Logan(Ballistica) as our AHNULD robot is fitting and carries the menace thru-out. Jeremy London(7th Heaven) comes into picture late,But really saves the day with a spiffy rifle and tech knowledge that brings more science into The fiction plot. A Martinez(One Life To Live),Where have you been ? Does this journeyman hero turn with a secret.Lots of violence by Logan,And some great effects in outer space.
A piece of crap that is a rip off of a great series.
posted on 12 Jul 2009I've got four words for people who like movies that are rip offs of great series-es. Like this one. BAD TASTE IN MOVIES. NO IDEA WHAT A GOOD MOVIE IS. I GUESS THIS WAS MORE THAN TWO WORDS. DO NOT WATCH THIS PIECE OF CRAP. Its as big a rip off of a great movie as the ET game is. and that was a pretty big rip off. I would rather sit through the legendary, god awful, Troll 2 than be exposed to this crap. You would only enjoy it if you are a fan of Terminator Salvation, or Rise of the machines; both of which are freaking awful. If this movie had followed the elements of terminator one and two, it would have been original, suspenseful, thrilling, exciting, entertaining, and a pretty good TV movie. But don't take my word for it considering I am a big fan of Terminator, Terminator 2, and Total Recall. Jigsaw should force his victims to watch this movie as they die.
Really seriously!
posted on 08 Jul 2009This is awful. If there was a less than 1 rating I'd have given it that. No I didn't watch the whole thing and frankly I want the hour back I did invest in it. Having watched The Terminator movies, including the new one, as well as The Sarah Connor Chronicles I was excited to watch this. I thought for sure being from SyFy that we'd have a great program as so many of their shows are but honestly if they really wanted to throw money away like this they could have just walked out to the street and handed it over to someone. It at least might have been for something worthwhile then. This show is a load of CRAP! The acting was horrible and the plot lame. I do not recommend this show in any way.
goodness...
posted on 28 Jun 2009This movie is awful. Didn't watch the whole thing, however. I had to change the channel... and I usually give a movie a chance. Did get a big kick out of the scene fairly early on, where the three people are in the back of the bouncing van. Apparently they were in 3 separate vans going down 3 separate bumpy roads; the first girl was bouncing wildly, the second girl was bouncing a little, and the guy wasn't moving at all! One thing that makes or breaks a movie for me is the characters. Even bad acting is okay if the characters are written to where you care about them, even just a little. Not only did I not care for these characters, shortly into it, I was HOPING the cyborgs would kill these people! Soooo stupid...
I think this movie cost me brain cells...
posted on 26 Jun 2009So this was on as part of Sy fy's new Saturday night movie series. From the opening, it was obvious this was a low-budget film, but then the acting was bad enough, that in some scenes, I thought some of the characters were trying to act like robots. But they were humans. Maybe in the distant future, people lost emotions? Oh wait, now the people running from the TR 4's show plenty, to the point where Eli Manning is a basket case through most of the movie! And while we've mastered space travel, some kind of technology displays, folks on the street still seem to have conventional cars and flip style cell phones. And what was with the re-verb during some scenes? Eli Manning is hitting a TR 4 with a pipe (ala Terminator 1, towards the end), and the sound guy decides they need a lot of re-verb? It got to the point where I couldn't turn off this train wreck, I wanted to see how bad it could get.
Scifi channel bad Doesn't quite cover this one
posted on 26 Jun 2009Hey there folks , my 2nd review on this site yet again I'm reviewing this movie as I watch so apologies if its kinda ruff around the edges but its the best way to keep my opinions fresh on each scene.Now the story of man vs. machine has been told in a myriad of ways but the core is always the same we build them they turn on us and most of us end up dead case and point battle star galactica , I robot & Terminator the movie witch this one is no doubt trying to emulate and has a masters in fail the acting is shoddy I think is the best way to put it so far the cast has come across as confused they strike me as a rudderless ship no direction just roaming around in circles I get no sense of emotion from them at all I found it quite humorous that the acting of the human cast was more robotic and emotionless than the so called robot threats there facing .The next point I make may just be nitpicking but it aggravates me the sound effects and visual effects work , in some instances its quite good ship design even interactions scenes between there CG creations and background shots were excellent however the muzzle flashes and prop work was god awful all the weapons were painted air soft guns the muzzle flashes and damage effects for battle scenes were laughable I could do better using FX home (no joke) an the over zealous use of blood was just juvenile , the sound effects for the most part are misplaced they don't feel organic it screams to me that they were added during the edit and mixed poorly in some instances there's to much heavy breathing when the scene doesn't require it or footsteps don't sound right , and even explosions sound dull and muted along with the fact that off all the explosions I've seen so far none of them have use pyrotechnics theve used the same visual effects program and unfortunately its very noticeable my biggest complaint thus far in this flick is the lack of continuity this is supposedly set in the future with space stations , robots and space ships and yet no effort has been made to convoy that in the outdoor scenes for example the scene that epitomises this for me was a white van driving across an open road being chased by a drop ship with laser weapons WTF ? why is it all the towns or cities look exactly the same or look like middle America when there supposed to have advanced enough to build robots and ships ? Not even the cell phones were any different than current models I actually have the same phone as "Chloe" one of the characters now unless I missed a significant memo about a breakthrough in space travel and robotics then my point stands Little effort was made.over all this movie is watchable if your a fan of plain porridge there no spark no real shining moment of genius just a watered down regurgitation of better movies out there , if you like the idea of man Vs. machine the watch terminator or battle star galactica they do it right
Okay, kiddies, Once again
posted on 24 Jun 2009How to make a film by "the Asylum" 1) Rip off the concept of someone else's better idea.2) Get a washed up actor to star in your film. Someone willing to work for Booze Money. (See also, Bruce Boxleitner, A. Martinez) 3) Hire FX guys willing to show their stuff.4) Hire writers with absolutely no decency.this film amused me. You essentially have a society that can build spaceships, a huge space station and really advanced robots that look like human beings and are virtually indestructible. yet oddly, most civilians live lives of quiet desperation with current technology.Nope, it doesn't make a lick of sense, and don't expect it to.
OMG Baaaaad
posted on 20 Jun 2009if you are a fan of T1,2,3 you are in for a rude shock. the amount of bad acting in this movie is unbelievable. its like sitting through a kindergarten play where the tree finishes its lines then the princess finishes her lines then the wolf finishes his then the curtains close for the stage to be redone. I think they had budget constraints thats all i can say...........please tell all your friends to keep off this movie i cant believe i sat thru it. i logged into IMDb halfway thru the movie just to post this comment from my phone . I just had to before someone else watches it and its too late to save them. I have to watch Terminator 1,2,3 again just to get it out of my system.
Avoid wasting time
posted on 18 Jun 2009I was attracted by the title of the movie i was dupe and I paid the price. The first minutes you got good FX ambiance scenes. The movie is very slow, repetitive actions, disastrous playing actors and above all it is not funny and not interesting. My advise : Do not waste your time. For example It's an evidence of stupidity when fugitives tried to stop terminator by shooting them bullet during all the film. These humans do not have brain or what. Only one special gun can stop it but they continue firing with normal guns desperately. The scenario has been writing probably in toilet. How is it possible to publish this movie ? I am still wondering how...I have a beginning of answer : the movie title.So do not enter the trap too, the movie title is far away from real Terminator suite supposed to be.
Just plain Yikes!
posted on 14 Jun 2009Just got done watching this on my DVR off of the SyFy Channel.Oh my! I don't think I've ever seen a collective group of bad acting in one piece of film in my life! I've seen A Martinez and Jeremy London in other things, and never been turned off by their acting. But either they were drug down by the bad actors around them, or by the writing or whatever. But man it was just plain bad.And the kicker is the end. After all the shooting, spurting blood, screaming and everything, the thing that finally stops the T5's in the end is a flip of a glorified light switch! Why didn't they try to do that in the first place, instead of trying to access that computer terminal? And why weren't the original people on the space station unable to do that? Never heard of the Asylum that folks are talking about here. But its good info to know now. Now I'll know in advance when not to waste my time.
Space junk
posted on 06 Jun 2009Paleeese... I'm not judging the actors just the acting. It looked like none of the actors were given a script, only lines to say. By today standards this film stepped in "B" and could not get out. Rather than spending your time watching this, your time would be better spent taking a nap. The visual EFX were OK but obviously a lack of budget hurt the finished product. The constant use of very close head shots was very TVish, possibly to make up for the cheap locations or lack of set dressing, I don't know. I did not,no, could not watch the whole thing. I took that nap instead. I can't say this is the worst feature film I've ever seen, but then CRANK 2 will be hard to drive out of that position.
OK SYFY, that was a good one... now put the real movie on.
posted on 06 Jun 2009Wow that was soo bad, so very, very bad. Thought this was perhaps an April Fools joke. I logged onto SYFY.com and it appears this was the real movie.If you're going to do a movie on a quality franchise such as the Terminator line you really need to step up with something. This was pretty close... just needed a script and acting.Here's a tip. Kill of the whiny characters much more quickly so that we are not annoyed through most of the film.I will now list all the novel ideas and interesting dialogue from this movie: (this line intentionally left blank)
This is a sad impression of The Terminator universe
posted on 04 Jun 2009I wish I could say the acting is wonderful, and the special effects are almost real.But this is just a horrible film... I think the score at the top of the page says it all. Quite how this film has a 2 is beyond me. I'd have rated it 0 if I could.New york gets hit by and atomic bomb, but the skyline is still standing...the rockets look like bad flares or something my kid brother made on his PC...The crashes are awful, and even the smoking looks fake.. and the only thing making the "blood" nice is the amount they use..at the wrong times..The chicks are semi mediocre, and the terminator(s) looks like he's coming off steroids..The humans are dumber than any 6 year-old, except when they are dead..And my compliments for the dead peoples, for not breaking out in laughs during the filming...Don't expect anything, and you'll still be disappointed..Avoid like it's a plague-bearing mass-murderer.
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A "stab out my eyes this is so God-awful" sci-fi film
posted on 29 Aug 2009First off, I apologize to my wife for making her watch this film with me. This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. This movie is like a porno without the porn!!! Driller Killer had more cinematic prowess than this, and that is a movie that shouldn't be mentioned around anyone feeling remotely depressed for fear of a sudden shift toward the suicidal. B movies are bad, but this one has managed to plummet into the depths of God-awful. Is there such a thing as a C movie? Please, please, PLEASE, if you or a loved one are thinking of renting this movie, or DEAR GOD, buying this thing, just don't do it. Put the DVD case down, back away, and run. You'll thank me for this review. If you don't take this advice, be prepared to live with the consequences. Do anything else. Visit the IRS, go see your ex for pleasant conversation, or go to the dentist and get the 4 hour root canal you've been postponing. Your time will be better spent than curling up with this piece of trash.