Popcorn Fodder

Rating: 6/10 (12 March 2004)

First off the positives this film has some of the most over the top action sequences ever. Like or loathe this movie it will make you sit back and go wow!! every once in a while. Also despite some of the negative comments i've seen Arnie doesn't do a bad job of reprising his role as the Terminator.
The main problems I found with this film is that you never really care weather the main protagonists get killed or not. The whole movie feels like a re-hash of Terminator 2, the movie never stops moving and what interaction there is between the characters is normally conducted during a car chase.

If they had added maybe 10mins to the runtime and introduced a couple of slower scenes I feel it would have helped the movie and made the wow! moments more effective. There are some glaring plot inconsistancies between this Terminator 1 and T2 which have been discussed in detail elsewhere. But to be honest this film is not trying to be Citizen Caine, it's trying to be a big dumb action movie and in that respect it succeeds.

Overall it's not a bad movie, but it's not great either. It's perfect cinema or DVD rental popcorn fodder. Sit back enjoy the action and don't think too hard and you'll get an enjoyable evenings entertainment, does what it set out to do and no more 6/10.