Ibeyi kutyhilwa impikiswano ye «Ukusindiswa kwesiphelo: Ixesha elizayo liyaqala«, Ufakelo lwesine lwe-saga eyenziwe nguJames Cameron ogama lokuqala lakhe licwangciselwe uMeyi 2009.
Misela unyaka 2018 ipost-apocalypse, uJohn Connor (UChristian Bale) khokela uxhathiso lomntu ngokuchasene neSkynet kunye nomkhosi weT terminators. Kodwa ngequbuliso uMarcus Wright uvela (USam Worthington), Umntu ongamaziyo uConnor ekufuneka ethathe isigqibo sokuba uvela kwikamva okanye uhlangulwe kwixesha elidlulileyo.
Njengokuba uSkynet elungiselela ukubethwa okokugqibela, uConnor noMarcus bajoyina i-odyssey eya kubakhokelela kwiziko lokusebenza leSkynet, apho baya kufumanisa imfihlelo eyoyikisayo enokuthetha ukutshabalaliswa koluntu.