After coming back from Thanksgiving break, and visiting the rental store often, the DVD option has been a bit dull for entertainment these past few weeks. This lack of hot titles lead to picking up "Terminator: Salvation" last night. The roommate even brought it back in blue ray, so I was able to view it in HD. I have to say I was skeptical of this one, which is why I did not see it in the theater, but how did it turn out?

Corny and stupid. These two words do a lot to describe the action and things that happen in this movie. Things like a character being shot in the leg by a 50 caliber rifle, and walking on it within hours. Those of you whom do not know what a 50 caliber rifle is, it is a sniper rifle that, in other movies, creates much much more damage. She should not have had a leg left to stand on. Without giving to much away, there were way to many instances where my roommates and I were like "WTF, that could never happen." You may be thinking, "Well they are robots", but these crazy things that defied science were done by humans...

Moving past the ridiculous directing, on which I actually said "this director must be retarded," The plot and story is actually entertaining. If you followed the original Terminators at all, the story alone will keep you watching the movie. The story has so many instances where it pulled from the previous movies, and really made it feel like part of the overall story. If you did not follow the other Terminator movies, then you will not get the same sense of a great story. As a stand alone movie, the plot and story are quite lacking. The first 10 - 15 mins, I asked "What is going on?" It is a fairly hard plot to follow unless you are informed on the overall story, which I had to be reminded occasionally by my roommates.

Overall, I will say this is merely an entertaining movie. By no means can anyone say that it is a good movie. The action was ridiculous (in a bad way), the plot was hard to follow, and the acting by Christian Bale was a bit over the top (not unlike his role in Batman). Only pick this film up if you like unlikely action scenes, or if you followed the Terminator saga.

5/10