"a decent action film that doesn't let you down if you separate it from the other films in its franchise."

Rating: 5/10 (22 August 2010)

There are problems which plague any sequel in a franchise. Primarily keeping the tension by increasing the apparent level of danger the characters are in, usually this will involve a new enemy or more enemies.
Terminator 3 attempts to do this by introducing us to the TX. Whether it is the new director or the actress herself the TX somehow doesn't feel right.
And not feeling right is the real problem with T3. The original terminators had something terrifying about them, something dangerous but none of this is present in T3.
It is a decent action film that doesn't let you down if you separate it from the other films in its franchise.
There is one note to add. The ending is magnificent, beautiful and brave. In my opinion no other pop corn fair that i can think of has ended in such an excellent, thought provoking and visually stark manner. T3 deserves a lot of credit for this.
A special mention must go to Marco Beltrami's brilliantly used soundtrack.