Terminator 3 - Rise Of The Machines Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Missing somthing?

This is in no way a bad movie. In fact it is better than most movies in its genre. The problem is that it is following on for two of the best action movies Hollywood has ever produced and with that to live up to, like Oceans 12 and Star Wars Ep.1, nothing was ever quite going to match peoples expectations.

The story has moved on and Sarah Conner has died, he son (now 23) is living 'off the grid' in case the future does not turn out how he expected, which it inevitably does. Once again a Terminator is sent back in time with the goal of killing him and his future resistance leaders and its the old T-101's job to save him.

Once again this leads us off into 90 minutes of action and mild violence with plenty of product placement. The story is fair, with what I think is a strong ending (making a T4 an interesting production if ever made). For many the problem is that it lack the raw and 'real' action of the first to with the over use of CGI and the different, less experienced, director. However for me that is not the issue. For me the problem is the clear change in mood and setting. This is because the original two were almost completely set during the night adding an additional fear to the scenes. This is lost in T3 with almost all action now taking place in the day. On the good side the CGI is strong, much like the acting (as far as emotionless cyborgs go I guess) and like I said the ending is in my opinion a good one.

In short: - This is easily the weakest of the three Terminator movies, but that said it is still a good one in its own right and manages to achieve all but the sternest critics requirements, especially on a second viewing.

Not Up To Scratch But Entertaining Nonetheless

I'm a big fan of T1 and T2 and when I heard there was to be no James Cameron for this movie things started to look bleak. The film in itself is highly entertaining, far superior in sequel terms compared to Aliens 3 and 4 but alas hollywood decided to make more cash by lowering the rating and thus delivering it a fatal blow. Terminator is meant to be a dark, violent futuristic thriller and while it retains more of it's predecessor's traits than you might think this movie was hobbled from it's inception.