Best Action Movie of the Summer

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2003)

This is a summer action film, and if you approach it this way you will enjoy it. I liked it more than the other blockbusters of this summer. For a change there is a coherent story here, with the logic of a Terminator story, but still logic. The film is not too long, it does not have any philosophical pretentions, and you get what you paid for. Action is very well done, effects are first class, though there is no great innovation as in the previous films of the series who were classics of special effects. Acting is decent - playing robots makes the profession easier for Schwarzenegger and his female partner who do not belong to the Nicholson league. The only mis-cast is Claire Daines whose make-up and wardrobe make her look ten years older than her Connors boyfriend and future husband. Action movies fans should wish Schwarzenegger to lose the California race, so that he can make Terminator 4. Otherwise, 'Hasta La Vista...'. 8/10 on my personal scale.