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Terminator: Dark Fate

Name: Terminator: Dark Fate
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 2019-10-23
Duration: 128 min

Welcome to the day after judgement day.

20192h 8mcritics 6.4/10

Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes

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Read from 106 comments (70 from Reddit, 25 from Metacritic, 11 from TMDB reviews) — 23 of them described how it moves.

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gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
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marks: single moments — a jump, a blow, chills, a laugh
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

what critics said

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“Whether Terminator: Dark Fate is the last chapter in this story or the first in an all-new franchise is, for now, irrelevant. The film works either way, bringing the tale of the first two films to a satisfying conclusion while reintroducing the classic storyline, in exciting new ways, to an excited new audience. It’s a breathtaking blockbuster, and a welcome return to form.”
William Bibbiani, TheWrap · 94
“Easily the third-best Terminator film, which is more of a compliment than it sounds. It’s great to have Hamilton back in this role, but she’s ably matched by Reyes and Davis.”
Helen O'Hara, Empire · 80
“Tim Miller’s film deftly builds upon what worked in the first two James Cameron-helmed entities while bringing in a new host of characters and circumstances to challenge the course of humankind. While there’s definitely some frantic leap-frogging involved in terms of accepting why some characters have evolved the way they did, Terminator: Dark Fate ultimately succeeds in serving as both a suitable closing chapter for the original two films and a possible gateway to exciting new chapters ahead.”
Jim Vejvoda, IGN · 80
“A decent, fast-moving nod to the spirit that originally made the Terminator movies a permanent part of pop culture.”
Jim Slotek, Original-Cin · 75
“Sarah Connor may have averted one dark version of the future, but another even darker destiny may be inevitable. Even so, the film suggests, hope — just like the hearts of people who buy tickets to sequels — springs eternal. In this case, it is not misplaced.”
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post · 75

Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 25 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit49 read

“turn the entire movie on its head in the final act”
gammalantern▲ 826about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I’m super mixed on the opening scene. On the one hand, I think it was a good idea to move the series away from John Connor. On the other, after everything that happened in the first two movies, killing him feels so anticlimactic.”
AstroZombie95▲ 799about 0–15% inread it ↗
“watching them kill John Conner made me MAD. Like pissed off.”
▲ 489about 0–15% inread it ↗
“R9 getting dunked on by Carl, Sarah, and Grace in the final fight was great.”
captainsuckass▲ 269about 80–100% inread it ↗

Metacritic8 read

“All previous movies are meaningless in less than 5 minutes even the good first 2”
Kai82about 0–8% inread it ↗
“In the beginning, you guys decided to take out John Connor. Words couldn’t describe how much I hated that, and also it completely destroyed the purpose of the T-800 being terminated in T2, and is just such a middle finger who have been big fans of the franchise for years.”
Maxisgoat1717about 0–15% inread it ↗
“The plot revelation at very beginning is a very "take it or leave", but i went with it and i mildly enjoyed the ride.”
badshapedabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“I had some expectations for this film: with the return of names as reputable as Linda Hamilton (who play Sarah Connor again) and James Cameron (not to be the director, as I would have preferred, but as a producer), I hoped that this film could relaunch a franchise that seemed to be in decay. Unfortunately, that's not happened: it is a terrible film, and the box office results seem to agree with that assessment. To begin with, I did not like the fact that this film makes a clean slate of all the”
FilipeNeto

TMDB3 read

“If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) When it comes to the Terminator franchise, I share the same opinion as most people. The 1984’s original became a cult classic, and it’s one of the most influential sci-fi/action films of all-time. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the (very) few sequels to such a beloved movie that actually improves on its predecessor, standing as the number one film of the saga, quality- and entertainment-wise. James Cameron left the f”
Manuel São Bentoread it ↗
“Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend. First, time travel is the worst, but it's what allows the premise. I don't like divergent timelines, but it allows for some interesting scenarios, so when an android that never would have been created kills someone that would had stopped it from existing had it not been erased from existence, I'm a little interested. The other big difference, and I'm not really opposed, is that they turned this into a women's empowerment movie when it co”
Kamurairead it ↗
“"For John." 'Dark Fate' was meh. I mean it's basically the Force Awakens of the franchise just more cash grab. Like...how many times can they keep alternating T1 & T2, and yet it's astounding that it never ruins the legacy of the series. Despite all that, it's the third best in the series. At least this movie knows that Terminator is not for kids! I had some engagement in the movie, even through the reason being that it follows a familiar plot line. Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzene”
Matthew Bradyread it ↗

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