Exciting addition to the Terminator franchise

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2003)

I'll admit I went into this movie with modest expectations. I anticipated a shoot-em-up action flick. And I was not disappointed in any way. The action in this movie is very good. The sounds and sights are awe inspiring in some scenes.
What really got me in this movie was the ending. I won't give away any details, but I was pleasantly suprised by a very non-Hollywood ending. Admitiedly, the climax of the movie was a little tepid, but what happens after that was kind of suprising. It was not entirely positive. However, Terminator movies have always had somewhat melencholy endings. In T1, we had to watch Kyle die. And in T2, the Terminator gets lowered into lava. This movie has a similar sad point, but its a different kind of sad point. It does however, fit with the movie, making it seem that much more real.