Summary:
A decade has passed since John Connor stopped Judgement Day and save mankind from
mass destruction. Now, 25, Connor lives off the grid--no home, no credit cards,
no cell phone and no job. Connor has no record of his existence. There is no way
he can be traced by Skynet--the highly developed network of machines that once
tried to kill him and wage war on humanity. Until, out of the shadows of the
future steps the T-X, Skynet's most sophisticated cyborg killing machine yet.
Sent back through time to complete the job left unfinished by her predecessor,
namely the T-1000, the determined T-X is a machine that is as relentless, as is
her human guise beautiful. Now Connor's only hope for survival is to annex with
the Terminator, T-101, his mysterious former assassin. Together they must
triumph over the technologically superior T-X and forestall the looming threat
of Judgement Day--or face the apocalypse and the fall of civilization as we know
it.
Review:
With sci-fans salivating,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, returns in a highly anticipated action flick based on
his flagship persona, The Terminator. High expectations and an enormous
budget accompany Arnold, almost foretelling disappointment like Star
Wars: Episode 1 - Phantom Menace and Waterworld. But surprisingly even without director
James Cameron and Linda Hamilton this film finds a way to stay afloat in the
Summer of Sequels.
Staying true to its hardcore fan base, the film promises more explosions,
more action, and state-of-the-art CG and delivers in more ways than one.
Upon seeing the movie I had one thing to say, "Was there anything left
from the film post-production?". Everything in the film was destroyed
or blown up in some fanatical way. It seems like the biggest dilemma the
movie had was how to blow up anything that wasn't ruined yet. Its just funny
when you think about it, but it makes the movie even better from a guys
perspective.
The casting was dead on, Claire Danes adds the necessary sex-appeal to
the Kate Brewster character, but subtly giving her a degree of
sophistication and resourcefulness. Of course, Kristanna Loken was a
devilishly hot seductress who will most likely find herself on bedroom walls all
over teenage suburbia and Nick Stahl was a fairly convincing John
Connor.
The best thing about this movie is it's riveting storyline and direction
which does a first-class job at staying true to the background story yet giving
it a necessary 21st century facelift. The movie doesn't get bogged down in
any one particular point with mushy emotions (a big problem for most action
flicks), but keeps a degree of sexual tension/foreplay bickering between the
Kate Brewster and John Connor characters. Also there is a great deal of flow
to the movie as it does a good job of revealing important information
without slowing down the pace of the movie.
In short T3 almost sets the standard for making a big budget action movie
in the 21st century. Since there are many sequels being released this summer
the movie is only going to gross modestly at box offices, but should do well
on retail shelves when it's released on DVD. If your looking for a non-stop
thrill ride from beginning to end then look you further you have found the
summers best action movie.
See this movie if you're a fan of:
Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Actor/Politician, Predator, Terminator, End of Days,
True Lies)
Robocop (1987)
Matrix (1999 - Movie which ripped of Terminator, but added Jujitsu)
Matrix Reloaded (2003 - Movie which ripped of Terminator, but added
Jujitsu)
Matrix Revolutions (2003 - Movie which ripped of Terminator, but added
Jujitsu)
Mad Max (1979)
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