Nothing Like the First Two...

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 2003)

I was able to see a preview of T3 and was excited for a lot of questions to get answered, but I didn't get much for all my enthusiasm. Arnold is plastic this time around and not very machine-like at all. The female terminator is a nice change of pace, but she is just that: a woman instead of a man to kill John Conner. Only Nick Stahl was any good in this movie. And he tries to create that same sense of fear and danger that was apparent in the first two terminator movies, but for all his effort it isn't there.

If you are looking to watch something close to a James Cameron movie you may be very disappointed. But if you are looking for computer generated effects, not as much action as the previous two movies, and not have anything really answered from the second movie, then this may not be worth watching. Here's hoping T4 will be more coherent and have more action. ** 1/2 out of *****