Mindless violence without substance.

Rating: 4/10 (24 July 2003)

Cheap (though not monetarily) "sequal" (so the producers say...) to James Cameron's earlier masterpieces. This flic is as lame as ALIEN 3 was. Cameron told it all in the first 2 films - there is no conceivable reason to come out with this 90 minute demolition derby and room/building trashing fest, except that Hollywood, as usual, can't let a very good film(s) go, without cheapening their memories by coming out with some inferior "continuation." This is like every crappy follow -up Disney has put out on direct-to-video. Arnold looks great, but some of his "clever" lines seem desperate. There's no believable chemistry between John Connor and his "future bride". Claire Danes is a very good actress, but she seems wasted in what is little more than a "scream queen" role. Balitrami's score is lame - he should stick to David Lynch films. All in all, a big disappointment from the director who gave us the excellent U-571 and the even better BREAKDOWN. As far as Arnold,he, like Stallone and his endless ROCKY sequals, should know when to quit.