Since he promised to return in 1984, Terminator, the character and the series, has become a perpetual return. Something like an eternal 'Nietzschian' return, although not exactly the same. But almost. 'Terminator: dark destiny', shot in part in Madrid and which opens on October 31, is officially the sixth to start again (discounted the series of marras) of the machine with more soul and less shame .

34 years have passed since the first raid on the screen of the semoviente devised by James Cameron and embodied by Arnold Schwarzenegger , and one would be tempted to say that things are still where they once were. Forever. Linda Hamilton , Arny himself and even Edward Furlong are back in a more than fleeting way. "And, really," Hamilton points out, "we already want to return ... to Madrid."

And with them, the ideator of all this. In fact, the Canadian director takes over a production that grows from the hand of an idea of ​​his and that takes up the story just after the second installment.

Neither 'The rebellion of the machines' or 'Salvation', much less the sarcastic nonsense of 'Genesis' are taken into account in this continuation of the 1991 adventure. Tim Miller, the same as 'Deadpool' , is in charge of the direction, and history is located in an uncertain place on the border between the United States and Mexico.

On the one hand, an exterminator embodied by Gabriel Luna willing to eliminate from the past everything that Skynet does not like (the web but the beast); on the other, an "improved" human who Mackenzie Davis gives life ready to make himself noticed. And in between, the victim and hero at the same time, Natalia Reyes. There is Spanish participation with Tristán Ulloa and Alicia Borrachero as Galician and Madrid with the more 'father' accent on this side of the Rio Grande.

This October morning, in a gray Madrid, Hamilton (the immortal Sarah Connor) and Arnold sit an imprecise place in London and a group of journalists serves them from the heart of the Chamberí neighborhood in Madrid. Or Skynet, who knows.

The first and most notable despite the distance and everything else is the blood. It is always. In fact, the saga returns to the qualification for over 18 years. "Yes," Schwarzenegger takes the word, "it is stupid to pretend to make a film of this nature and that it is authorized for all audiences . What the hell (here the translation is free), the film is not called 'Terminator, the kangaroo' One of the mistakes of the previous sagas that angered the 'fans' was precisely that. My character, don't forget it, is a killing machine . To ignore this aspect is to betray him. " And here, the former Governor of California shows precisely why he came to office. And even how he exercised it.

Beside him, and for insisting on the same point, Linda releases a "fuck" ("fuck"). Far and with a slight delay, but very clear. "Sarah is an essentially pissed off woman and that's why she has no choice but to be and show herself. I say" fuck "about 20 times and, yes, it has to be that way ." Fuck, sorry, the qualification. The essence, indeed, was that.

Both insist precisely on this point: each of the virtues of the film consists of returning to the "fucked", again sorry, essences. And she explains: "The film has the special effects that it has to have, but it does not forget that the important thing is to tell a story of characters with whom the viewer has to develop a certain empathy and relationship." And in the quotation marks there is both a definition of the current film and, again, a recrimination to the previous three.

Linda remembers that on one occasion during filming the director cried. As is and as melodramatically as it sounds. He did it by taking care that, even if it is not a political film, politics counts. "We are aware that this 'Terminator' teaches the reality of emigration in the United States . And it is unfortunate that it is as it is," he says concisely. Schwarzenegger, next to him, nods.

In fact, the tape is a true vademecum of the politically correct . The new protagonist is woman as woman is the robot sent from the future to protect her. And, in addition, Latina: Colombian in the role of Mexican. "Yes," Hamilton continues, "we live in a time when women on the screen can go armed and be dangerous and strong without fear of melee. I hope that continues and we continue to kick asses ."

Not in vain, the pioneer speaks and reference, with the permission of the Ripley of 'Alien', of all of them. And Arnold knows: "It was she who raised the bar of action heroines in the 80s. And she is the one who now, after 60 years and even if she does not stop complaining, continues to set the tone." All agree.

What remains of the distant and somewhat Martian appearance goes in the story of anecdotes (here, the eternal otitis that Hamilton suffered during all that the shooting lasted), the protocol phrases and the evidence that, how could it be of another so, he and she are back.

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