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Terminator Salvation
2009
· Movie
· 115 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4303
- IMDb #3313
- Google retired #2377
- Rotten Tomatoes #4104
- Metacritic #3690
- Letterboxd #4990
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4574
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3787
- Metacritic Critics #3471
- Metacritic Audience #3773
- Criticker #3149
- Douban #1917
- Kinopoisk #3275
- AlloCiné #2531
- Trakt #3670
Every rating
33–82
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 33, highest is Google on 82. Critics average 41, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The war between humanity and Skynet is raging. A resistance fighter destined to become the leader of the human resistance finds his path crossing with a mysterious stranger who is not entirely human. Their fates become intertwined as Skynet launches a new offensive to eliminate the man who will one day save mankind.
Details
- Director
- McG
- Writers
- John Brancato, Michael Ferris
- Studio
- The Halcyon Company, Moritz Borman Productions, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Mandate International
- Released
- 20 May 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $200.0M
- Box office
- $371.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →2 wins from 18 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| BMI Film & TV Awards 2010 | Film Music | Danny Elfman | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 2010 | Best Makeup | Mike Smithson John Rosengrant | Nominee |
| Taurus World Stunt Awards 2010 | Best Specialty Stunt | Rick Miller Halcyon Productions | Winner |
| VES Awards 2010 | Best Single Visual Effect of the Year | Chantal Feghali Charles Gibson Susan Greenhow Ben Snow | Nominee |
| VES Awards 2010 | Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Nick D'Abo Brian Gernand Geoff Heron Pat Sweeney | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2009 | Best Sound (Mixing and Editing) | Cameron Frankley Mark Ulano Richard Van Dyke Ron Bartlett | Nominee |
| Scream Awards 2009 | Best FX | Terminator Salvation | Nominee |
| Scream Awards 2009 | Best Cameo | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominee |
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BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music | Danny Elfman | Winner |
Taurus World Stunt Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Specialty Stunt | Rick Miller Halcyon Productions | Winner |
Scream Awards
7 nominations
| Best Cameo | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominee |
| Best Cameo | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Nominee |
| Best FX | Terminator Salvation | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Actress | Moon Bloodgood | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Movie | Terminator Salvation | Nominee |
| Best Sequel | Terminator Salvation | Nominee |
| Breakout Performance-Male | Sam Worthington | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
5 nominations
| Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure | Christian Bale | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure | Bryce Dallas Howard | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Fresh Face Male | Sam Worthington | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Action Adventure | Terminator Salvation | Nominee |
| Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure | Terminator Salvation | Nominee |
VES Awards
2 nominations
| Best Single Visual Effect of the Year | Chantal Feghali Charles Gibson Susan Greenhow Ben Snow | Nominee |
| Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Nick D'Abo Brian Gernand Geoff Heron Pat Sweeney | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound (Mixing and Editing) | Cameron Frankley Mark Ulano Richard Van Dyke Ron Bartlett | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup | Mike Smithson John Rosengrant | Nominee |