The Return of Arnold

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2003)

The latest installment in the apocalyptic adventures of Arnold Scwarzenegger's rampaging cyborg-from the future may not have the striking originality of the original film,but considering how dismal many sequels and other cartoony action flicks are these days,its decent enough,a well-tooled thrill machine that actually contains a few ideas. By the way,it has been over 11 years since T2:Judgment Day,which in some aspects was the greatest sequel ever made,and it has been over 20 years since the first Terminator flick. Creator James Cameron has been replaced by Jonathan Mostow,who,perhaps awed the by the legend he's been assigned,turns in a work that's mainly self-effacing and serviceable,and it with a lot of new out of this world special effects here since James Cameron here is producing and also wrote the screenplay,along with counterpart Gale Anne Hurd,who also produced the last two Terminator flicks. The action here is non-stop from the get-go,and its worth the admission to the thrill ride of the summer. However,the character of John Connor(played by Nick Stahl)should have been a lot tougher against the lethal android,since he suppose to be the leader of the resistance and here he is acting like a pure punk here and he should have kick ass. Come on,Linda Hamliton in the first two movies really kicked butt!!! But in all pure escapism and the female android is very menacing here who is finishing off the human race. And as for Arnold,he looks like the punk fashion of yore from the golden age of the 80's,than the future governor of California,and also for a change he is really showing his age too,but that doesn't stop him from taking out the baddies. The next installment will be sometime in either 10 years from now,if James Cameron returns to direct.