Good sequel of the Terminator franchise

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2006)

My next comment will get all James Cameron fans angry, but then again that is entirely their problem. I liked T3 better than T2.
Sure, there are plot holes in T3 where you could drive a truck through, in fact I think they do in couple of occasions, but the bottom line is, that I was entertained more by this film than I was by T2. The main reason is, that I've never been found of Edward Furlong in the role of John Connor. I thought he was a bit annoying character in T2. In T3 John (Nick Stahl) is still a bit whiny, but he wasn't as annoying.
Linda Hamilton didn't return, which was a bit shame, but luckily the movie works without her. Claire Danes substitutes as a female hero, Kate Brewster, who resembles Hamiltons original role from T1 as a woman who doesn't first believe, but soon gets the situation.
Arnold is back of course, as a protector as in the T2, but now he has more attitude and his role is actually a lot better than it was in T2, at least I liked him more as a "don't mess with me" kind of a robot.
Kristianna Loken is more modified liquid circuit Lisa, who this time is able to generate weapons out of her limbs, as in energy guns, flame thrower and such.
T3 is nonstop action from the beginning to the end. The pseudo philosophical aspects of two previous Cameron films have been dropped almost completely and the action scenes have grown bigger and more showing. There are couple of hilarious action scenes as well and Arnold's Terminator is a bit more comical, but not too much.
As said, the movie has a couple of scenes which could have used more plot, but overall pros win over the cons. The movie is entertaining if nothing else.