Too much of the first sequel; Cameron's absence is a miss

Rating: 6/10 (22 April 2008)

After Terminator 2: Judgment Day or T2 known to fans introduced computer generated imagery (CGI) effects to scare the living daylights out of people along with bringing character development, great chase sequences, a wicked villain (Robert Patrick as the T-1000), high octane action sequences and making Arnold's character The Terminator a new hero to everybody. And that was all thanks to James Cameron.
In 2003, Jonathan Moss (U-571) brings back the hero from the dead along with bringing a new plot to the film. The film still involves John Conner (Nick Stahl) grown up after witnessing the events where he could've been killed by the T-1000. He's a homeless person living on the street where his only survival is his strength and eating off medicine at a local stray pound. His mother Sarah Conner (Linda Hamilton) is dead so the kid's got nobody else left.
Now comes the villain in the movie. In the first movie Arnold played The Terminator going after Linda Hamilton and preventing her from having a son who would be the hero in the future; in T2 the villain was T-1000 killing anybody related to John Conner. Now the villain is not a man but a woman who goes by the name of T-X where her mission is to go after future military workers; she kills teenagers left and right from drive-thru restaurants to parties where her main target is Kate Brewster (Claire Danes) the daughter of a military general. Once Kate and John find out what's going on, they go out in hiding before The Terminator catches them and becomes their guardian.
T3: Rise of the Machines is okay fun. The action sequences were the only reason to see this movie, but it feels empty without James Cameron directing the third installment of the series where in each of the movies he directed, something new is always introduced. It's just too much of a repeat to follow.