Review of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) by Hellholehorror — 11 Feb 2023

Whilst this isn’t as good as the first two films it is still entertaining but in a different way to the first films. It still has the amazing action scenes and lots of awesome destruction that really are the highlight of this nice-looking action movie.

The serious tone is slightly dulled down and replaced with much more campy fun. The new breed of terminator is not as good as the liquid metal one from the last outing. The sound design was good but not outstanding.

I think that the first film has the best sound surprisingly! This was functional but not memorable. The biggest problem however is that the story is weak. I didn’t like how they watered the whole thing down and tried to force a sequel into a completed story.

It is a basic story and takes second place to the action. It should be story and action both together! I didn’t like the way that they made a joke out of the terminator. Still it was easy-going and fun.

It is good that it is mostly set in the current time. Easily the weakest of the original trilogy but still a fun and campy ride and better than the Terminator films that came after this one.