Shockingly bad

Rating: 1/10 (13 January 2010)

I've been a terminator fan since the early 90's and after the rather lacklustre T3 I was expecting more.
What made the first film so special is that it wasn't so much the action, but the overall feeling I got of the threat of an unemotional, calculating killing machine disguised as a human actually carrying out its mission. The film had suspense, a proper plot and believable characters. What's more is that it was truly terrifying and still holds up today.
The second film while more action oriented than the first, kept that feeling of suspense and danger constantly despite humanising the Terminator protecting John.
This film had none of that, it didn't even have a plot that I can remember. I spent the whole film trying to figure out who exactly was the target. If it was Kyle, then why didn't sky net kill him as soon as he was found instead of taking prisoners? There was no feeling of suspense or impending danger as the terminators were far too easy to kill and with projectile weapons. Remember how hard it was just to kill the original one? No problem here, just a standard machine gun will do the trick. Heck even the terminator will even give you a chance by hurling you about rather than snapping your neck as soon as it gets its tin-plated fingers on you.
The film was patronising, tame and badly written. If you like Terminator, stick with the first two movies and keep hoping for something truly worthy to come along to further the franchise.