Rise of the Screenwriters.

Rating: 3/10 (16 July 2015)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): Dir: Jonathan Mostow / Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews: Money all over the screen without a shred of screenplay worth its budget. It is about man at the mercy of what he created. In this case the audience must suffer for what was created here. It repeats the same exhausted setup with hero and villain terminators falling to earth. What follows are endless scenes of violence with an ending that bears reference to the much better original. Director Jonathan Mostow previously made a much better thriller in Breakdown but here it is the production that matters. This is easily the worst film in the franchise and nowhere near as good or even provocative as the original film. Arnold Schwarzenegger is still effective as the terminator sent to protect John Connor and Kate Brewster but the issue here is that he is merely reciting what he has done before and better. Kristanna Loken as a female terminator is a great thought but its seductive nature is nothing more than a joke. Nick Stahl and Claire Danes as John and Kate are hardly interesting. They have all the personality of a rusty nail. The film exists mainly for its budget if anything at all. It seems to terminate everything else. Linda Hamilton's presence is sadly missing but then again, so is the screenwriter's. Score: 3 / 10