Game of Thrones helmer Taylor and the original Terminator hisself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, were big enough drawcards to not overly worry about the casting of Jai Courtenay (from the execrable A Good Day to Die Hard), Emilia Clarke (replacing the irreplaceable Linda Hamilton), and Jason Clarke (who does great work in straight drama like Zero Dark Thirty but somehow manages to be awkward and unconvincing in genre pieces like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes).
So. Genisys didn't suck as much ass as the slavishly PG-13 Rise of the Machines or the clusterfuck of Salvation, but Jesus H Fucking Christ did it feel like it was written by committee. The dialogue was flat with exposition. The plotting was tepid. The logic — oi vey — was non-existent. I actually began to feel sorry for all involved when I was watching this.
I'm glad the rights revert to Mr Cameron after this instalment.
