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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINES Bale tries to jump-start the sputtering Terminator series.

Mostly takes place in: 1984. Plot: Future resistance fighter Kyle Reese is sent back in time to protect leader John Connor's mother from the evil cyborg Terminator .

Bryce Dallas Howard, left, as Kate Connor, and Christian Bale as John Connor, are fighting for their lives in the sci-fi action film, Terminator Salvation.

It's Ben Stiller against the cyborgs at the multiplex this weekend. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," the sequel from 20th Century Fox starring the comic actor, has at least a chance of edging out the first new "Terminator" movie in almost six years for the No.

Because the previous three Terminator films gave us time-hopping folks from the future, Terminator Salvation acts oddly as both a sequel and a prequel .

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on 25th May 2009.

If I had to compare Tuesday's panel with Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , I would say this.