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“Terminator: Dark Fate” Review
With more than a hint of restorative nostalgia, “Dark Fate” doesn’t add much to the franchise
Dark Fate, the latest instalment of the Terminator film franchise, takes filmgoers back to the point in the narrative where T2 left off. If you recall the second film, even though it has been decades since it was released, T2 saw Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her teenage son, John, being assisted by former cyber-assassin T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
The film shows Sarah, Jon, and the T-800 had successfully put a stop to Skynet’s plans to take over the world. In an unexpected twist to the plot, not that everyone is all that pleased by the opening sequence, we see a flashback showing what transpires immediately after T2. Fast forward 22-years, we are now in Mexico City. Even though writers could have done something original, we are reminded of previous instalments where people going about their daily lives. A mysterious blue orb carrying a naked person suddenly descends as if out of nowhere.
Unlike that seen on previous occasions, the passenger in this blue orb is a technologically augmented human. Grace (Mackenzie Davis), the augmented human, has been sent back to protect a young factory worker named Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes). Why does…
