Terminator: Dark Fate story

movie: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) · 2019-10-23

Set 25 years after the events of Terminator 2, the film sees the machines sending an advanced Terminator, designated Rev-9, back in time to 2020 to eliminate Dani Ramos, whose fate is connected to the future. The Resistance also send Grace, an augmented soldier, back in time to defend Dani, while they are joined by Sarah Connor and an aging T-800 Terminator. It is the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise, and acts as a direct sequel to The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

22 total · 8 major · 14 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
AI risk to civilization	major	A group of dedicated resistance fighters struggled to stop machines from exterminating humankind.
coping with the death of a child	major	Sarah Connor hunted Terminators and drank herself into blackouts in order to cope with the murder of her young son John at the hands of a Terminator.
cyborg	major	Grace was born human but was converted into a cyborg. The T-101 Model Terminator Carl was a cyborg who had integrated into society and was living as a common draper with a wife and stepson in Laredo, Texas.
post-apocalyptic dystopia	major	The scene in 2042 was that of a post atomic horror wasteland in which humans were in a desperate war for survival against machines.
resistance movement	major	The viewer is shown a group of dedicated resistance fighters struggling to stop machines from exterminating humankind. The year was 2042.
shapeshifter	major	The advanced shapeshifting Rev-9 Terminator Gabriel was sent back in time to kill Dani.
time travel	major	The shapeshifting Rev-9 Terminator Gabriel was sent back in time to kill Dani.
what if a killer was after me	major	Dani was being hunted down by the advanced shapeshifting Rev-9 Terminator Gabriel.
brother and sister	minor	Dani and her younger brother Diego.
hatred	minor	Sarah harbored an intense hatred of all Terminators and made it her life's mission to go about killing them.