So bad it hurts

Rating: 1/10 (22 October 2011)

WARNING SPOILERS!
I had attempted once before to see this movie while on vacation in the hotel room. I paid for it and fell asleep after ten minutes, despite the loud blasting noises coming from the TV. I recently bought the quadrilogy, being a great fan of Terminator I&II, and so gave it another chance. I thought it couldn't be much worse than Terminator III, except for the fact Arnold doesn't play in it. I was wrong. This movie is so bad it physically hurts. There is absolutely no consistency with the earlier Terminator movies. It looks like the bastard child of Mad Max and Mechagodzilla. Where are the plasma weapons? Even the special effects of the original Terminator are better. The other one-star reviews have already addressed the main points, like the clichés, the bad directing, the endless chase scenes, the nonsense script... One thing that particularly hurt me was the ending. The world is at war for many years. All significant tech is controlled by machines. Katherine Brewster is a veterinarian. How in God's name are they going to perform heart transplantation in the middle of the desert????? Oh, I know. By remarkable coincidence, there is no tissue incompatibility. Also, the cyborg heart, which has suffered cardioplegy and was brought back from asystoly by electrocution with high voltage through the skin (where are the burn marks? oh right, they healed) was gifted with such awesome powers in the alternate 2003 that it is in great shape to be transplanted. They also have all necessary equipment in the middle of the desert, including a machine for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and a fully staffed intensive care unit. The major histocompatibility complexes match so great, that no supportive medication, like the high-tech dependent immunosuppressants will be necessary. Also, Dr. Brewster has acquired enough experience through daily practice at a very large heart transplantation center that the procedure is not only a complete success, but John Connor also almost immediately recovers from the 10-hour long operation as if it had been just the sewing of a minor flesh wound. I think I lost about 20 IQ points to that movie. Definitely not recommended at all.