7 film franchises that stuck the landing – and 8 that definitely didn’t

We should’ve let the Connor family rest after “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” Instead, we got four more bad films, ending with “Terminator: Dark Fate.”

“Terminator” and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” both directed by James Cameron, are two of the best action movies of all time.

“Judgment Day” also ends on a definitive note, with our heroes preventing the evil computer system known as Skynet from ever being invented.

Of course, Hollywood couldn’t let it end there. “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” made it clear that none of what happened in “Judgment Day” mattered — the machines were still coming.

“Terminator Salvation” is sort of a prequel, but also semi-ignores everything about the other movies. And “Terminator Genisys” fully ignores all the events of the previous films and is yet another reboot.

Finally, after the poor performances and receptions of these sequels, we arrive at 2019’s “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which yet again ignores everything that happened after “Judgment Day” and reunites stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton.

“Dark Fate” is certainly better than the three previous films, but it was ultimately unnecessary and, according to Screen Rant, was a huge box-office bomb.

Our opinion is that this franchise needs to be over.