Review of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) by Dylan D — 18 Sep 2013

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the weakest entry in the series, but that's more an observation than a criticism. It's certainly the most "independent" of the (now four) pictures in the series in that it plays, for the most part, more as a Summer spectacular Action movie than it does a Terminator film, but at least Mostow's picture hits all the necessary notes that were required of it, and hits them hard to the point that Rise of the Machines should go down as a movie with one of the best endings in Hollywood history.

Sure the film could have been better and sure it takes a few liberties, but as a combination Summer Action movie and a film playing the part of a bridge that brings the past and future installments together, it would be difficult to imagine anything all that much better than this.