That said,Dark Fatedid not achieve the critical success that it should have.
While the decision was not popular, it could have been the best direction that theTerminatorfranchise could have taken.
However,Dark Fatewas the best installment sinceJudgment Day, with its character-driven plot andterrifying new Terminator model.
TheTerminatorsequels grew progressively worse, with multiple retcons, paradoxes, and plot holes.
This resulted in anextremely confusing timeline for theTerminatorfranchise, with lowered stakes for the characters.
As dead characters could seemingly be brought back at any time, many of the hard-hitting deaths lost meaning.
Some reviewers criticized the movie’s focus on female characters.
Terminator: Dark Fate is a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgement Day, ignoring the rest of the future films to re-canonize the franchise. Set years after Sarah Connor successfully stopped the impending Judgement Day, a new Terminator is sent to destroy the resistance before it forms. Now forced to team up with a former T-800 terminator model, Sarah will seek vengeance and protect Dani Ramos, the new target of Skynet.
