Terminator Salvation is a film.
Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic science fiction war film directed by McG and starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington . Terminator Salvation also featured Anton Yelchin as a young Kyle Reese , a character first introduced in The Terminator , and the film depicts the origin of the T-800 ( Model 101 ) Terminator . The film grossed over $ 371 million worldwide and met with mixed reviews .