Do we really have to take this "Emmanuelle" crap in order to know?

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2006)

A good and reliable film. Without children-oriented atmosphere of its sequel and without CGI-oriented smell of its blockbuster let's-have-some-fun sequel's sequel. Have seen it quite a number of times during these 15 years and it still does not wear out.
The vocabulary of the cyborg is very curt and mature. So is the movie. The effects are restrained but notably to the point. The dark atmosphere is superb. The shootout in the police department is not bad at all. It is a real highlight.
Bad thing is a sex scene. Do we really have to take this "Emmanuelle" crap in order to know that this soldier is the father of the future John? It should have been moved to the deleted scenes (can't help mentioning "First Blood" as a pure example of a very clever move in a similar case). Absence of this (as well as some verbal hints) would have added more mystery (like "Is that man the father of John Connor or not?"). A pair of additional bloody fist fights or shoot-out scenes instead would have been quite nice though.
Still, cannot give it a lower mark - it is a very rare example of tough revolutionary cinema. Thank you for attention.