Terminator 7: END OF WAR (2025) | FIRST TRAILER | John Cena, Arnold Schwarzenegger
June 14, 2025
š¬ Terminator 7: End of War (2025) ā First Trailer Review
ā Starring John Cena, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Florence Pugh
š¬ Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
š¬ It began with Skynet. It ends with them.
Review:
The first trailer for Terminator 7: End of War has officially droppedāand itās a breathtaking return to form for the legendary franchise. With jaw-dropping visuals, brutal action, and a heavy emotional undercurrent, this final chapter promises to be the showdown fans have waited decades to see.
Set in a fractured future where humanity is on its last leg, John Cena joins the series as Colonel Jack Marlowe, a resistance leader engineered by hybrid techāhalf human, half machineātasked with leading one last mission to shut down the core of Skynet once and for all. Cena brings raw physicality and surprising depth to the role, balancing intensity with vulnerability as a man caught between what he was built for and what he believes in.
And yesāArnold Schwarzenegger is back. Not just as a Terminator, but as the Terminator. A grizzled, aged T-800, now stripped of purpose and hiding in the radioactive ruins of Nevada, until Marlowe tracks him down for one last fight. The reunion is gritty, powerful, and emotionalāfilled with callbacks, silence, and mutual respect forged in blood.
The trailer teases a globe-spanning journey: Arctic outposts buried in snow, Skynet drones flooding the skies, and underground labs where children are trained to kill before they can write. Mackenzie Davis returns as Grace, battle-scarred and colder than ever, while Florence Pugh plays a brilliant rogue scientist with secrets that could change the fate of both humans and machines.
McQuarrie’s direction is sleek and relentless. Every frame is dripping with post-apocalyptic detail, every explosion feels earned, and the combatāboth fist and firearmāis bone-crunching and beautifully choreographed.
The final seconds of the trailer send chills:
Arnoldās voice, low and resolute:
āThis time⦠we donāt run. We finish it.ā
š„ Cut to black. Cue the iconic metallic “DUN-DUN⦠DUN-DUN.”
Hype Level: š„šāļøš
Epic, emotional, and full-throttleāTerminator 7: End of War looks like the final battle weāve been promised for decades. Cena and Schwarzenegger together? Game over for Skynet.