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Terminator Splits Critics

Opinion divided over 'heavy-metal' flick

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2009 10:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – 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,

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