Terminator: Dark Fate Early Reactions Hail it as Best Since T2

After holding secret fan screenings for the sixth installment in the long-running sci-fi action franchise, the first reactions are hitting Twitter for Terminator: Dark Fate, hailing it as the best film in the series since T2: Judgment Day and praising the performances of its female leads. Check out some of the social reactions them out below!

Also, Terminator fans at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the country were treated to a huge surprise when they became the first audience to see Dark Fate. Billed as a fan event to see Terminator 2 with exclusive footage from the new movie, Paramount worked with Twitter on a first to market auto-response product utilizing the Terminator: Dark Fate talent accounts to invite fans to the screenings. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton alerted the audience via video greeting that instead they decided to show them the whole film!

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TERMINATOR’s thought of as Arnold’s franchise. DARK FATE makes it clear he wasn’t the key ingredient that made it work. It was Linda Hamilton. She’s incredible in this, and the movie’s very solid. (I recently defended all the TERMINATOR sequels, so make of this what you will.) pic.twitter.com/3JSsac7LrL

— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) October 21, 2019

Oh the film, you ask? It’s solid. Super well articulated action. Linda Hamilton is aces. Easily the best sequel since T2. #DarkFate takes The Force Awakens’ “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality to Cameron’s films and turns out it ain’t broke.

— Haleigh Foutch (@HaleighFoutch) October 21, 2019

#TerminatorDarkFate is easily the best Terminator movie since T2. Has some fantastic action and loved how the film features 3 female protagonists that all kick-ass. So awesome seeing Linda Hamilton back as Sarah Connor. pic.twitter.com/15Yb6cC18W

— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) October 21, 2019

#TerminatorDarkFate is the sequel Terminator fans have been waiting forever for!! Tim Miller brilliantly blends T2’s action scenes with the first’s white knuckle tension. Arnold and Linda have never been better and Mackenzie Davis is a bonafide action

— Kadaverous Formaldehyde (@AgentK18) October 21, 2019

#TerminatorDarkFate was a treat. Best action scenes in ANY #Terminator movie. #LindaHamilton & @Schwarzenegger both so bad-ass – you’ll cheer for Sarah Connor & “Carl” – #MackenzieDavis ROCKS, @nataliareyesg is great, @IamGabrielLuna is a beast. THIS is a true/worthy sequel to T2 pic.twitter.com/P2EQN3gIYJ

— Mark Walters (@markwalters74) October 21, 2019

Went to @alamodrafthouse w/ my brother thinking I was going to see a fan screening of T2 but was surprised to see #TerminatorDarkFate and what a great movie it was!!! I was happy to see @Schwarzenegger and Linda reprise their roles from T2, they did a really awesome job!!! pic.twitter.com/uzAWb0iCKx

— David Consalvi (@dconsalvi87) October 21, 2019

Terminator: Dark Fate is basically Terminator: The Force Awakens. A satisfying, exciting reboot that’s essentially the best parts of T1 & T2 in a blender. Davis, Reyes & Hamilton are excellent, the action wows & while it’s familiar, it’s easily the best T3 yet. Terminator is back pic.twitter.com/W1emrXIq5C

— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) October 21, 2019

#TerminatorDarkFate is the best of the TERMINATOR sequels after T2. Easily among the year’s most entertaining action films, it’s thrilling, intense & non-stop, but also a sweet story about making things right. Arnold is great & Linda rules, but Mackenzie Davis THROWS DOWN pic.twitter.com/8TQ4Gpkkdr

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) October 21, 2019

Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger return in their iconic roles as Sarah Connor and T-800 in Dark Fate with James Cameron, also returning as a producer and co-writer. They’re joined by  Mackenzie Davis (Blade Runner 2049), Natalia Reyes (Birds of Passage), Gabriel Luna (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Diego Boneta in the film with Tim Miller (Deadpool) behind the camera.

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More than two decades have passed since Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, changed the future, and re-wrote the fate of the human race. Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes) is living a simple life in Mexico City with her brother (Diego Boneta) and father when a highly advanced and deadly new Terminator – a Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna) – travels back through time to hunt and kill her. Dani’s survival depends on her joining forces with two warriors: Grace (Mackenzie Davis), an enhanced super-soldier from the future, and a battle-hardened Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). As the Rev-9 ruthlessly destroys everything and everyone in its path on the hunt for Dani, the three are led to a T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from Sarah’s past that may be their last best hope.

The film will hit theaters on November 1.