Great action, some funny parts, but not as good as first 2

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2003)

Terminator 3 lives up to its predeccesors in respect to its action sequences and to some extent acting. However it's the story line which suffers, and is not developed in T3. The films fails to link the new aspects of what is going on with the other 2 films, mainly because the creator of the first two did not even envision a third. This time the plot concerns John Conner (Nick Stahl) more than it does the Terminator (Sharzenegger) and Conner with the help of the Terminator has to stay alive in order to save the human race on judgement day. Meanwhile a new terminator, Tx is after him to kill him, played by Kristanna Loken. Loken brings much sex appeal and hype to the role, but one can question how believable she actually is a dangerous terminator. Stahl does fairly well in his role, Shwarzenneger is pretty good reprising his role and is very comedic in some instances. Claire Danes probably gives the best performance of the film. The rest do not really matter to the plot except for Kristanna Loken who had little to say and was not the best actress for the role, although she definetely had screen presence. Overall some great action sequences, decent dialogues and some very comedic parts. Overall better than most action flicks released these days. 8/10