It's OK, just missed the mark.

Rating: 6/10 (16 May 2014)

It was nice seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger back in action as the Terminator for this movie, still fresh and funny with his funny one-liners and quick wit, and still proving he can kick some major butt. The events of Terminator 2 have only delayed the completion of Skynet, which has sent the evil T-X (Kristanna Loken) to assassinate the future officers of TechCom and eliminate drifter John Connor (Nick Stahl). But the Resistance sends a T-800 (Schwarzenegger) from the future to the present time to protect drifter John Connor (Nick Stahl) and stop T-X.
This film has the same destitute, war-fearing atmosphere as in the previous films. There are some intense action and cool special effects that highlight a slew of spectacular new weaponry the Terminator and T-X possess. The cast of characters is nicely assembled, with Stahl and and Claire Danes doing a decent job in portraying John Connor and Kate Brewster. The plot, however, lacks the urgency and suspense of the previous films and didn't have much character development, which would have made the characters more memorable and sympathized; you don't learn much from their backgrounds. The story didn't offer much originality - it basically rehashed SkyNet's continued threat to make Judgement Day happen, making this film just a mesh of action with limited drama.
Overall, Terminator 3 is a lot of sci-fi action fun, but misses the mark in story and character developments.
Grade C