Terminator Salvation is a sci-fi movie starred Christian Bale as John Connor and is directed by McG. It is the fourth movie in the Terminator series. Terminator Salvation introduces a young Kyle Reese, the protagonist from the original 1984 movie, The Terminator. It also depicts the origin of the T-800 Model 101 Terminator. Terminator Salvation, set in 2018, focuses on the war between humanity and Skynet. The movie was just released on May 21, 2009 in US.