Critics agree on one thing about Terminator Salvation: It’s loud. As to whether quality matches volume, opinion runs the gamut:
- AO Scott, in the New York Times, praises director McG’s “efficient, reasonably swift storytelling” and “mastery of the vernacular of chases, fights, explosions and crashes.” “Comfortable with its limitations and justly proud of its accomplishments,” the film “has a brute integrity lacking in some of the other seasonal franchise movies.”