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Terminator Genisys (Original title)Terminator Genesis (Help search title)
Dates: 2015 (Copyright), 2015 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Alan Taylor

Synopsis: In Earth's future a group of humans rebel against an artifically intelligent overlord. Resistance leader John Connor sends a soldier back to 1984 to protect his mother, from a Terminator assassin. Timelines have become twisted however and the soldier finds that Connor's mother Sarah is a skilled fighter with a Terminator guardian. The fight to shape the future takes an alternative turn.

Genres:
Science Fiction, Fantasy

Subjects:
Time travel, Automata
Releases
Date: 2015Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 125 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / Dolby AtmosRuntime: 125 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 125 mins 32 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures UK
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / Dolby AtmosRuntime: 125 mins 32 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures UK

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Science fiction film and television v10 n1 Spring 2017  Pages: 115-124
Title: Review essay. Relics from a deleted timeline: the economics of Terminator GenisysAuthor: Wegner, Phillip E.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Review essay on Alan Taylor's 'Terminator Genisys' (2015), including discussion of possible reasons for the film's disappointing performance at the box office.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Queering the Terminator: sexuality and cyborg cinema
Author: GREVEN, David  Pages: ix, 201 pages

Title: Terminator Genisys: resetting the future: inside the creation of the epic new Terminator saga
Author: Cohen, David S.  Pages: 159 pages