By now, there are people in the Andean Altiplano with no access to the internet who know that Terminator Genisys' John Connor is coming back from the future as a cybernetic killing machine. So this new clip, revealing Jason Clarke’s action man/robot engaged in actual terminatory activities on the Golden Gate Bridge, is NOT a spoiler. Dig in to the clip below, and send all complaints c/o Paramount’s marketing department, Melrose Avenue.
While the studio isn’t steering clear of revealing plot points, the movie’s marketing strategy majors on hyping up the big action beats. This one – with a touch of Chris Corbould’s **Dark Knight **centrepiece about it – has a school bus flipping spectacularly across San Francisco’s iconic superstructure. Emilia Clarke’s Sarah Connor is driving, Evil John Connor is clinging doggedly to the axle and Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) is attempting to blast him off. And in the back row, little Billy from Class 6B is wishing he’d just walked to school.
Pursuing them is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veteran T-800. In** Terminator Genisys**’ alternative timeline, the new Arnie has been a presence of Sarah Connor’s life as a guardian figure who’s called upon to keep her alive. It’s a task Kyle Reese will be assisting with, once he’s recovered from that nasty time-travel lag.
With Byung-hun Lee, Matt Smith, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi and Sandrine Holt also among the cast, Terminator Genisys is set to arrive in our cinemas on July 2.