Matt Smith's Terminator Genisys character was one of the most confusing aspects of the movie and set up things for a sequel that never happened.

Orion Pictures, riding high on Schwarzenegger’s Conan success, initially wanted him for the heroic role of Kyle Reese ... kept talking about the Terminator character, showing particular insight ...

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured time-line.

On the other hand, Marcus Wright, who only remembers being on death row, meets Kyle Reese and it is believed by Connor that he was sent from the future to kill him. Now Marcus and John must ...