Review of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) by Drlowdon — 24 Dec 2020

Ten years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, John Connor, still fearing that the war against the machines may still come to pass, has been living in hiding following the death of his mother. Unable to locate John in the past, Skynet sends a new Terminator model back in time to John's present time period to instead kill other top members of the future Human Resistance, thereby ensuring Skynet's rise.

Terminator 3 is a decent enough action movie with some excellent special effects and exciting scenes, but it’s a movie that just never seems necessary and the ending essentially completely undoes the finale of the previous movie. As a stand alone action flick it’s entertaining enough for the most part, but as a Terminator movie and follow up to one of the best films ever made it’s a disappointment.