The Terminator returns to the top of the sci-fi heap.

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2003)

My first impression of T3 was that it was going to be another retread of the same storyline established in the first two installments (evil robot sent back through time, good guy/bot is sent back to protect the target). The original trailers for this film didn't alter that impression. I had the feeling it was going to be lackluster.
Was I ever wrong.
The Story starts with ominous music by Marco Beltrami, quite a departure from the classic Terminator Score by Bad Fiedel, but it's fitting, after all this is a new story arc. We meet up with John Connor, now in hid mid 20's and living as a transient and keeping no records of his identity (no phone, no residence, nothing) as to prevent him being tracked by any assailants from the future, should they appear.
Two terminators appear from the future, one in the form of the female T-X, and one in the classic Ahnuld form. The T-x immediately starts killing it's targets in the present, each of which will have a significance with John Connor in the future.
John is hurt and breaks into a veterinary clinic to get meds to ease his pain as he mends his wounds when the T-X shows up for a target......and it's not John Connor... ...and that's all I will say...you should see this for yourself. The second half of the movie deals with the RISE OF THE MACHINES aspect and you won't be disappointed. Forget the convoluted, arrongant, cold Matrix Sequels and revisit the reigning king of sci-fi film series.