TERMINATOR 3 (DIDIER BECU)

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2003)

I normally don't give that much about sequels but I admit from the moment I knew there was a third Terminator to be made, it was the movie I was most looking forward to... And you can tell that it is a useless sequel, you can tell it's a shame a third one is made and all that other stuff but one thing is sure : from all actionmovieheroes there is only one king and that's Arnold just because he doesn't take himself that seriously... This is more comic than Daredevil, The Hulk and other X-Men's... The story itself is so simple : once again a terminator must travel back to the past to protect John Connor (nice role for Nick Stahl) and his forthcoming wife Kate Brewster (a more than charming role from upcoming star Claire Danes). And then there is that other terminator the female one (played by Kristanna Loken) and that's perhaps the only letdown in the film as she looks like your dreambabe but she doesn't have the evil touch, still very funny to watch... The moment I walked out of the theatre I told my friend that T3 is actually a copy from T2 and that's what it is, just the chases and jokes are different, but hey hey...what chases and jokes they are!!! The sarcasm of Schwarzenegger is superb (the movie is full of memorable one-liners) or the images of Schwarzenegger carrying a coffin on the shoulder while having a machine gun in the other hand is just great...and I could go on and on as this movie is directed by Jonathan Mostow (famous for U571) in a very professional way, I really doubt it if Cameron could have delivered a better job... The big problem is that most of the critics wanna slash down the movie but they just can't as this is too brilliantly made and after 12 years Arnie still rules and the last words of Arnie ("We'll meet again") says enough that we will have a T4 if only Arnie won't be president of the US in 2015...