Terminator Dark Fate

Bare competence. That’s pretty much all we get from Tim Miller’s entry in the Terminator franchise produced by James Cameron, basic competence. Aside from a couple of large decisions, this is almost a complete remake of the first film for a new era. It’s far from perfect, and I wouldn’t even go so far as to call it good, but it sort of works as a whole. Except that it’s got two competing storylines that they never really merge into one.

This franchise is a mess. It was relatively cohesive...