It is 2018 and Skynet is waging war on the humans to destroy what’s left after Judgment Day.   John Connor (Bale) is viewed by some as the great leader he is supposed to be while others see him as a false prophet.   After a mission where the team Connor with is killed and only Connor survives, Connor learns that Skynet is making a move to kill him and his future father (Kyle Reese) in the next four days.  Out of the ruins of the destroyed complex arises a man who was executed back in 2003, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington).   Marcus soon encounters Kyle in the ruins of what used to be Los Angeles.   Marcus learns about the Terminators and soon is out to protect Kyle (and a mute black girl) only to have Kyle taken away by the terminator prison transport.   Soon Marcus meets John Connor and the events are sent in motion for a plan to save Kyle (and other captured humans) that might fail.