Decent action flick...

Rating: 5/10 (3 July 2003)

...but not worthy as a successor to T2.
Great action sequences, big explosions, great chases, and even a little self depricating humor. i liked that. there was only one scene that i felt was overly contrived. overall, it held my attention and kept the adrenaline pumping from start to finish. Arnold looked great.
but the plot was average and somehow just wasn't as intelligent as T2. i know I'm not supposed to expect intelligence from an action flick, but i did. The acting was wooden and characters were one sided. I had trouble understanding everyone's motivation. (except for the terminator himself who by definition is one sided, wooden, and motivated). There were also some unexplained idiosyncracies that seemed like the director was going to do something more but then changed his mind. but then at the other extreme, there were some things that were very obvious, but yet were still drilled into us again and again.
overall, a good action flick. but I was expecting more.