Pleasantly surprising...

Rating: 8/10 (8 August 2003)

...this movie does live up to the Terminator feeling! I went to the cinema with a foreboding feeling that this might be one of those movies only made to squeeze the last drops of gold out of a winning concept. I was very glad to learn that this was not the case. After getting used to Nick Stahl (sweet-faced actor that I personally only remember in "softer" roles) in the part of future freedomfighter John Connor, the movie took off and I only sat back and enjoyed. Ok, yes, the classic lines now feel more like a joke among T-lovers and induced the audience to laughter more than to a feeling of something cool, but the winning concept goes on winning! Classic Terminator action of good quality mixed with good humor and some new turns, like the female terminator T-X (Kristanna Loken) and the time set to the last day of humankind as we know it...or is it??? The end raises a question in my mind: Will there be a number 4? If so I hope that it will be made with the same integrity of quality as this one, then it will be something to look forward to.