‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Trailer: Linda Hamilton Faces Arnold Schwarzenegger and New Killer Robot
“We win by keeping you alive.”
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While Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger are big stars and definitely part of what makes this intense first trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate worth watching, the real star here is Mackenzie Davis.
In this glimpse into this James Cameron-produced upcoming resurrection of the Terminator franchise, Davis debuts as some kind of human-robot hybrid charged with protecting the target of a new-school death-dealing Terminator played by Gabriel Luna, and she is a real badass.
From the action-packed open till the end, it’s obvious that Davis is some kind of powerful guardian for young Natalia Reyes, who may be the key to saving civilization.
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Davis’s character is not quite a Terminator herself, but despite what she says to Linda Hamilton—back as a stone-cold, armed-to-the-teeth Sarah Conner—she’s not entirely human, either.
And Arnold?
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Yeah, he’s back.
There is no official synopsis yet, but the movie’s slug line is “Welcome to the day after Judgment Day,” which is a literal reference to this movie being James Cameron’s idea of an official followup to the second movie, Terminator 2: Judgment Day but likely some kind of clue to the plot, as well.
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When asked by Reyes’s character how they win, Davis responds “We win by keeping you alive.” That’s probably as big a clue as any. The evil robots from the future are after her this time.
All will be clear when Terminator: Dark Fate premieres in theaters on Nov. 1, 2019.