TERMINATOR GENISYS (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Commando), Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Jai Courtney (Jack Reacher), Lee Byung-hung (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Gregory Alan Williams (Remember the Titans), Courtney B. Vance (Space Cowboys), Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games), Sandrine Holt (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever), Douglas Smith (Ouija), Michael Gladis (K-19: The Widowmaker), Griff Furst (Devil’s Due)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), director; Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) and Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry), writers; David Ellison (World War Z) and Dana Goldberg (I Am Legend), producers; Lorne Balfe (Home), composer; Kramer Morgenthau (Chef), cinematographer; Roger Barton (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 2029, during the ongoing war between man and machine, human resistance leader John Connor (Clarke) uncovers the machines’ plan to send a “Terminator” T-800 (Schwarzenegger) back in time to kill his mother Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) before he is born, thus changing the war in their favour. His lieutenant Kyle Reese (Courtney) volunteers to go back and stop the deadly cyborg – only to find that not only has Sarah teamed up with an aged T-800 model, but that they have a plan to stop the war from ever happening…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the role that made him famous (well, he DID say he’d be back) in a new entry to the classic action franchise that changes the game in many unexpected ways.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 2ND JULY 2015

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