Slapstick with a huge pricetag

Rating: Null/10 (20 August 2003)

Where Cameron managed to put an apocalyptic kind of atmosphere into Terminator and Judgement Day, Mostow successfully turns T3 into a big special effects studded slapstick. I laughed my ass off during most of the movie, especially at moments where I probably should have been in awe of all the action. And I wasn't the only one in the theatre.
Arnie has even fewer lines than in the two previous Terminators, which is usually a good thing, but here it doesn't really improve the whole thing. We're even forced to see his bulky 50+ aged body in the nude, but the special effects department did a good job making him look in shape. Kristanna Loken doesn't need the special effects job, but we're treated only a couple of seconds with her bare-naked appearance.
In fact T3 fits perfectly in the action-comedy genre, so with T4 probably on its way, starring Arnie as the Terminator going for president, they'll have to cast Jackie Chan as his running mate. I'm already looking forward to it!