Most of Terminator Salvation is set in 2018.
Released in 2009, Terminator Salvation is primarily a post-apocalyptic war story set after Judgment Day. John Connor is a resistance leader fighting Skynet's machine forces, while Marcus Wright discovers that his identity and body are connected to the machines' plans.
The film depicts a future battlefield rather than the contemporary settings used by the first three movies. Christian Bale plays John Connor, Sam Worthington plays Marcus Wright, and Anton Yelchin plays a young Kyle Reese.
The year 2018 is distinct from 2029, the future period frequently associated with Kyle Reese's mission in The Terminator and the resistance war in earlier backstory. Terminator Salvation also includes material involving other points in time, but its main narrative takes place in 2018.