What, no twist?

Rating: 4/10 (6 August 2003)

Any sequel needs a new, fresh, approach to either the story or its characters. Preferably both, of course... T3 lacks this, and is actually nothing more than a transportation to T4. Frankly, I was rather bored. Giving the TX a female gender is not a twist, actually it is hardly even variation, it is just boring. If anything, it is evidence that this Venus/Mars myth, which prevails in our society, is pure nonsense. (In case You had not found that out yet...) T4 has got the prerequisites of becoming another great movie, while T3 is but a story that has to be told in order to get a good basis for T4. This is unfortunate, but perhaps inevitable? Another thing that bothers me is Arnie's apparent personal influence on his own character, i.e. in the script. His ambiguity at the end of the movie messes up the ice cold logic of the plot, inherited from T1 and T2, which is a shame. Once re-programmed, he should act in accordance to that, without remorse. Personally, I would wish that Arnie's character was reduced to a minimum in the sequel(s) to come. The (great) overall story would gain tremendously from that.