It might have caused a bit of controversy when Charlie’s Angels’ McG was announced as the director, but after the universally panned Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines, a fresh take was seen to be needed – particularly since the plot has reached a place where the film can act as both a sequel and prequel. Another significant point is the fact that Connor is now battling cyborgs in real-time – 2018, which is 14 years since Skynet became self-aware and turned on mankind. Amongst the post-apocalyptic carnage that followed, we have Connor, his wife (now played by Bryce Dallas Howard) and a slowly building human resistance army helped along by a decommissioned Terminator (Sam Worthington).

A fifth instalment is already in the works, which might say something about the outcome, but we won’t know whether we’ll be saying hasta la vista to McG and Bale until the box office takings have been counted.