"Forget everything you thought before, your looking at a trilogy" - Randy Meeks, Scream 3

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2003)

In T3 the new rule laid out in Scream 3 was brought into play, and I couldn't have enjoyed it more. T2 has been one of if not my favourite movies since I was a little kid and I had been looking forward to T3 since then aswell.
The story was well written and paced good, the dialogue is a bit on the weak side, but still pretty solid. Every performance in the film was done well enough with the only exceptions being a few of the bit characters.
Visually the film is absolutly stunning, the effects all look very crisp, clean and natural which is something of a rare quality in the bullettime style of today.
Mostow gave a great effort directing this, personally I feel that Cameron couldn't have come close to pulling this off as he likes to focus his directing projects moreso on the story and actor's delivery of dialogue. Mostow's previous works show that his films have the perfect action and dialogue balance with his projects.
Now, into some depth with the story. My only major complaints with the story is definetly just how well the John and Kate characters' pasts connect. It just seemed too cliched, with the whole "lovers from the past reunite" crap from the basic chick flick formula.
Sypnosis: If your looking for some deep story here, don't. T3 is just an action packed visually spectacular film to see. It takes the first 2 films in the story and continues the progression (T1 - Drama with action overtones. T2 - action with dramatic overtones. T3 - action) of the series, essentially showing what any future Arnoldless sequels will be like. I really enjoyed the film, and am again hoping for another Terminator movie.