Terminator Salvation focuses on the war between humans and machines led by Skynet in the post-apocalyptic year 2018. Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the leader of the human resistance. Sam Worthington plays Marcus Wright, a cyborg who joins the humans. They work to defeat machines like the T-600 and T-700 as well as to rescue Kyle Reese, played by Anton Yelchin. The film shows the desert settings and abandoned cities where remaining humans hide from robotic threats.