Bloody Awful!

Rating: 1/10 (28 March 2004)

In 1984 I lied about my age and sneaked into a cinema to watch Terminator. Wow! What a movie. In 1992 I saw T2 and was just as thrilled. They are both fantastic, so I was really looking forward to this. What a let down :( It's hard to find "spoilers", because there's no plot, though a lot of (gaping) plot holes. This film cost a fortune to make but it's SO bad it actually feels like a TV movie. Lots of explosions, but not much else. My biggest complaint is that it all moves far too quickly. There's no 'depth' to any of the characters and they all look as if they'd rather be doing something else. On the good side (thinking hard) Clair Danes is a very talented actress, though struggling with naff material. Arnold does look incredible for his age & it's staggering to think he was 55/56 during filming, but he sounds 'weary' and has none of the menace of the earlier films. As for Nick Stahl. Sorry Nick; you couldn't act to save your life. One particular line from big Arnie sums up this rotten movie for me: "My CPU is working but I have no control over my other functions." I honestly expected him to pee his trousers at that point. I'm glad to see most other folks thought T3 was awful and I won't even be bothering to see T4 when it inevitably comes along. It was sad to see Arnold Schwarzenegger end his movie career on such a low note.