![]() Aside from him and a cameo from Earl Boen all off the actors are new. The reason for these problems is the fact that aside from Schwarzenegger nobody from the original two movies was involved. Somehow the entire movie feels off, as if they can’t make it connect properly to the previous movie, whether it’s misplaced humor (“ Talk to the hand”), or the illogical choices made in the script (What point did the cemetery scene have?). ![]() The movie is more concerned with creating a couple of good action sequences than creating a worthy successor plot-wise. The whole epic feel of the previous movie is lost in a movie with a running time equal to that of the first movie. Terminator 3 mostly functions as a summer blockbuster movie, not bringing anything new to the franchise. The first Terminator was a tense thriller about a couple of humans trying to outrun a seemingly unstoppable machine, while its sequel was a grand scale movie with a layered story showcasing groundbreaking special effects. How convenient for everybody to show up at the same place at the same time. Luckily the T-800 just so happens to pop up to save them setting off the first of many chase scenes. One of them is veterinarian Kate Brewster who just so happens to find a wounded John in her clinic at night when the T-X just so happens to come in to terminate her. Instead of killing of John, who can’t be found because of the whole “off the grid” thing she targets his lieutenants and generals of the future. The T-X has a different mission this time. As in both the previous movies, the resistance sends back a lone warrior also and this time it’s yet another T-800 looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger prompting John to ask him if he comes from an assembly line, which is justified because it really takes the sting out of them being able to mingle in with humans if they all look alike. Underneath she’s a robot like the T-800, but with a wide range of weapons on board which have the ability to take out other Terminators. Like the T-1000 in the previous movie she has some shape shifting properties, but unlike him her liquid metal properties only cover her exterior. Even though they prevented Judgment Day he still lives as if they only postponed it, and he’s right as a new type of Terminator is send back in time: The T-X, or Terminatrix as she’s called at certain points in the movie. According to him he lives off the grid, making sure he isn’t in any database just in case. Somewhere between Terminator 2 and 3 Sarah Connor died of leukemia and her voice-over duties have been inherited by John Connor (Nick Stahl). So 12 years later came Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines starring once again Schwarzenegger as the unstoppable cyborg from the future in a movie that rehashes elements of its predecessors without any shame. The world had been saved from Judgment Day and humanity would live happily ever after, but when it comes to Hollywood, the making of a quick buck is more important than respecting a told story. After the events of Terminator 2 it seemed as if the Terminator story was told with a satisfying ending.
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