'Terminator Zero' review: Defies franchise fate to blaze its own trail

'Knock, knock! – wait, is that the wrong Arnie movie reference? Sorry, Skynet's archives of this era are sketchy at best.' Photos: Handout

Humanity is threatened yet again in Terminator Zero, a pretty bold step for the saga that takes the attention away from the Connors for once.

This anime, written by Mattson Tomlin (Project Power, Mother/Android) and produced by Japanese animation studio Production I.G (Ghost In The Shell, Blood: The Last Vampire among many others), takes place half a world away from Los Angeles, where most of the terminating has been set in previous entries.