"They tried to murder me before I was born."

Rating: 8/10 (2 March 2016)

The main problem I have with the films in the Terminator franchise is that they couldn't possibly happen given the time travel element involved. In this picture, Arnold's T-101 tells John Connor (Nick Stahl) that he'll see him again one day even as he's being destroyed by the T-X. OK, how? See what I mean.
But I love the terminology. The T-X (Kristanna Loken) can control other machines, driven by a plasma reactor and carrying on board weapons with nanotechnological transistors designed to terminate other cybernetic organisms like the T-101. So it's an anti-Terminator, Terminator. How can you not love that analysis?
I also got a bit of a kick out of Connor's use of a little Captain Kirk type logic when he reminded the T-101 (Arnold Schwarzenneger) of his mission to protect Kate (Claire Danes) and himself, after being corrupted by the T-X. That was kind of a weak argument to be using given the premise of the T-X in the first place, but I guess the film makers needed a little wiggle room for the story to pan out.
So like the Terminator flicks that went before, this one appeals to me the most at the action and special effects level. The best was the T-X doing the complete 180 with her body, almost erotic in the execution if I must say. I know the T-X was supposed to be a potent killing machine, but it probably wouldn't have hurt if after one of her rampages she might have cracked a polymimetic smile.