Terminator: Dark Fate vs The Lightning Code

Terminator: Dark Fate has the higher audience score (6.4/10 against 5.5/10 for The Lightning Code). The Lightning Code is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 2h 8m. Terminator: Dark Fate is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are action, adventure, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Terminator: Dark Fate posterTerminator: Dark Fate2019 VS The Lightning Code posterThe Lightning Code2025
Terminator: Dark FateThe Lightning Code
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 5.5/10
Year20192025
Length2h 8m1h 28m
GenresAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTim MillerKali Bailey
Main castEnrique Arce, Tom Hopper, Gabriel Luna, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie DavisBruce Davison, Jason Marsden, K.C. Clyde, Lindsey Shope, Dean Shortland

Synopsis

Terminator: Dark Fate

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

The Lightning Code

Teenage inventor Miles Fletcher unlocks the lost secret to limitless energy, catching the attention of Luxos Energy, a corporation posing as heroes. Just as he perfects his invention, they betray him—stealing his work and shutting him out. With nowhere to turn, Miles must decide—give up or trust his friends and fight back. In a high-stakes battle of ingenuity vs. industry, he races to stop Luxos before they turn his discovery into a weapon.

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