The Terminator equivalent of Jurassic Park 3

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2005)

When Terminator 3 finally launched in theaters, my friend and I were beside ourselves with excitement. After all we were and still are two of the biggest Terminator fans on the planet. T1 and T2 were superb! Awesome story, awesome action, awesome visual effects. Too bad T3 ended up mediocre... While boasting the most impressive visual and CGi effects of the trilogy (this is evident by the increased number of T800 Terminators on screen at once at the beginning of the movie)the script was basically just the T2 script taken and changed here and there. Its the year 2004 and John Connor, leader of the human resistance is now in his 20s. Even after the destruction of the Cyberdyne computers in T2, John still feels unsafe and so is a simple bum who lives off the grid so no computer network can locate him. As with T1 and 2 a Terminator (TX) arrives from the future to hunt down the human saviour and terminate him. Thankfully Big Arnie is back, and once again steps up to the plate as Johns protector. The movie is basically then just degraded into a bunch of highly explosive and action packed sequences, eventually leading to the flicks climax when Skynet becomes self aware and begins taking over. If i haven't already said so, T3, Like Jurassic Park 3, disappointed me a hell of a lot. While boasting the most impressive spesh fx of their respective trilogies, the overall qualities of the films is subpar, and T3 is degraded into a simple beer-and-pretzels action romp. Average at best, though still worth a rental.