The Terminator Trilogy is terminated

Rating: 6/10 (13 January 2007)

The Terminator, which was released in 1984 was spectacular for its time. Although, some of the special effects may seem outdated today, it is still an outstanding movie. It told the story of Sarah Connor and how her son would one day be the leader of the world resistance against the machines that have taken over the world, the last chance for human survival. A Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back to 1984 to kill Connor before her son is born, but Kyle Reese (Michael Beihn) is also sent to protect her. It's a simple storyline, but it was still an effective movie. A sequel to this movie was inevitable, thus the spawn of Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991. The special effects were better and the story was expanded. This time around, the terminator once again played by Schwarzenegger, is the good guy to protect John Connor, now 13, and the T-1000 is sent to kill him. It was pretty much the same movie, but with bigger and better effects.
Even still, both of those movies, directed by James Cameron, are one of the best sci-fi action movies ever made. Jonathan Mostow, director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, could learn a thing or two from him. The original storyline was massacred. The entire theory that "The future is not set" is ignored. It is paraphrased in the opening as "the future is still not written", but the writers forgot about it because from the plot twist at the end, the nuclear war is inevitable. There is no stopping it. So, then, that means that the future is set and there really is no use in trying to change it. "Fate is what we make of it" no longer applies. The writers should've researched the previous Terminator films before starting on the third.
What this movie lacks is James Cameron's direction. I give it a six out of ten stars only because of its action and the fact that the villain is now a hot and sexy female robot. I hear a fourth one is in the makings, and this is a mistake. Domestically, this film did not do well, so there is no hope for Terminator 4. I still like this movie because the action genre is my third favorite movie genre. I recommend this movie to any action movie lover, but not for Terminator fans.