Story Overview

Terminator Genisys is set in the year 2029, where the human resistance, led by John Connor, stands as humanity’s last hope against the ruthless machine empire of Skynet. As the war reaches a critical point, Connor sends his most trusted soldier, Sergeant Kyle Reese, back to the year 1983. His mission is clear and vital: protect Sarah Connor, a young woman marked for death by a lethal cyborg, and secure the future of the human race.

However, when Reese arrives in 1980s Los Angeles, he quickly realizes that the past is no longer the one he remembers. Unexpected events have shattered the timeline, creating a distorted reality where history has been rewritten. In this unfamiliar and dangerous version of the past, Reese must confront new enemies while forming alliances he never anticipated.

As the altered timeline reveals deeper and more dangerous consequences, the fight to save humanity becomes more complex than ever before. With the fate of the future hanging in the balance, every choice carries irreversible weight, and the war against the machines must be fought on entirely new terms.

Marking the return of the legendary Terminator franchise, Terminator Genisys serves as the beginning of a new trilogy, reimagining the mythos for a new generation while reshaping the core events that defined the battle between humans and machines.