Hot sequel, great action

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2003)

This movie rocks. Really rocks. I give it 8 out of 10 stars. It's almost as good as T2, lacking only the older movie's emotional depth. The special effects are cutting edge, the script intelligent and the acting good. They didn't go for an obvious, easy ending either. Loken is the best terminator ever. Sure there's some plot holes, but they aren't as big as those in the Matrix.
** MAJOR SPOILERS **
Some reviewers either don't understand the trilogy or haven't seen the earlier movies in the franchise.
First off, the ending is neither confusing nor does it suggest what led up to it was pointless. The ending fulfills the title: the war with the machines has begun. The goal of the evil terminators was to kill off mankind's hero in the coming war, and the protectors were to save him. The protectors won. That's not a bad ending. Arnold tells us early in the movie what the outcome will be.. It seems you cannot rewrite the future after all, contrary to what our hero has believed up til now. (Stephen Hawking is working on a theory that will show you cannot go back in time and make substantive changes in the future).
Arnold can't go forward in time to get outfitted as a better terminator. One thing physics does reveal is that you cannot go forward in time. Another complaint was that the saw TX uses to free herself should have stuck to the magnets also. Not if it wasn't ferrous, so that scene is quite plausible. What we should be asking is why the ultra-advanced TX is made from ferrous materials at all.
Loken is better than Patrick as a terminator -- she shows less emotion and is more consistent. Not to mention really hot. This movie was rated R -- why did they put that ugly wig over her breasts?
Arnold was more dead-pan in T2, and was a better robot in T2. But he's fun in his new style, and I liked his performance. He had fun with this movie. ALL the acting this movie was at least competent, and some of it quite good. In T2, John's foster dad puts out one of the worst acting performances I've seen -- ever. I still cringe when he speaks.