nowhere near a masterpiece but watchable

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2003)

Third installment to the Terminator franchise takes place when John Connor is in his early twenties and preparing for the rise of the machine empire. An obsolete cyborg model is sent from the future to protect Connor and a veterinarian from a newer, far more advanced, and much more lethal model during an impending nuclear war. The formula that worked so effectively in the 1984 classic wears thin here, but it provides enough explosive action scenes and cheesy one-liners to be entertaining if you buy into it, otherwise it's pretty forgettable. Schwarzenegger is in good form, Stahl convincing as the new hero, Loken a sexy and lethal addition as T-X. **Â½