In the movie Terminator Salvation, the
franchise brilliantly focuses on the theme of salvation.
In Terminator Salvation, the
terminator, a machine designed to kill eliminate humans, is represented as a
savior. Terminators up to this point, with a few exceptions, have been killing
machines. It is accepted by Terminator fans that Christian Bale’s character,
John Connor, will eventually lead the human race to fight the machines. This is
exposed in previous movies through time traveling terminators. The focus of
this movie turns to a new, more advance terminator. This terminator, Marcus
Wright, is a terminator constructed off a human about to be executed. His
character, I believe is the focus of the movie. The Marcus Wright accepts his
punishment for unknown crimes and wants to be put to death. His fallen
character is personified with being half machine. The salvation of his
character voices the fight of humans to be more than machines, to have
compassion. (SPOILER ALERT) By the end of this movie Marcus finds his salvation
by an act of compassion. He rebels against Skynet, the central program that
defines the machines, and after John Connor is injured, gives him his heart.
The human race finds salvation in
following John Connor. The decision proposed to surviving humans, is to join an
assault on Skynet. At the end of the movie, we find out that the machines
pretended to be vulnerable to trap the humans. The leaders of the assault are
quickly killed. The humans are faced with the decision to attack or not. John
Connor, being aware of surviving humans within the Skynet, tells the humans not
to attack Skynet out of compassion. He tells them if we act like machines,
without compassion, then what is the point of fighting the war. The majority of
the humans in turn back down and the leaders, who continue with the assault,
are killed. John Connor steps into his role as the savior of the human race.
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