Sam Worthington and Christian Bale do a wonderful job of carrying the torch nicely. While Bale was not as tortured a soul as I thought he should have been given the past stories where Connor didn't want the responsibility or tried to out run it, he chooses to embrace it in this film. While I thought that added the acceptance that is needed to carry the franchise forward, it would have been nice to know that his present still holds some issue for him beyond the weight of savior. Still, the various references to tie all the movies together was great to see and the action was amazing. I think that Sam Worthington stole every scene he was in - great casting. Already looking forward to the next one.