Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (DVD)

The most surprising thing about Terminator 3 is, perhaps, that it took 12 years from the smash hit success of T2 to the release of T3. Other than that, it's perfectly predictable and, although it's watchable enough, it is very definitely a by-the-numbers sequel. The plot once again sees 2 Terminators (one female, one Arnie) sent back in time, this time to either kill or protect John Connor's future allies. This being a Terminator film, of course, John Connor himself soon turns up... The plot of T3 suffers from problems straight away. First of all, it's a little too reliant on co-incidences which are never really explained - John Connor turning up ...  Read the complete review

It's more than ten years since the events of Terminator 2 and John Connor remains greatly disturbed by the threat of Judgement Day. Despite having been able to thwart the assassination plans of the terminator in the previous film, he remains unconvinced that the prophecy of his future ascendance to power would not be fulfilled. As such, he has spent the previous decade travelling alone, without registering any of his details on any computer systems. He has, effectively disappeared without a trace. But then events conspire to change the situation completely. Whilst travelling along a secluded mountain road on his motorbike, he is forced to swerve and avoid a ...  Read the complete review

I'd say that The Terminator is probably one of the most respected franchises in mainstream cinema. So you don't want to spoil it through the decision to make a third film. Especially since original writer/director James Cameron had finished the series off in the second. So a third one isn't really necessary unless of course you wanted to make a quick buck, which seems to be the case here. You can see that replacement director Jonathon Mostow is of course a big fan and he hasn't exactly ruined it. However he does seem to have dumbed it down for the masses. After all, he knows he's making a "summer blockbuster." Directed by - ...  Read the complete review

Ooooooh. The Terminator! You know the score... Arnie struts around with half of America's arsenal laying waste to entire cities whilst spitting out deadpan one liners that a six year old wouldn't think was funny. * Story (The Terminator Timeline) * [T1] Evil machine wants to take over the world, and has decided that humans are a pesky nuisance which must be eliminated. The problem is that the humans are fighting back in the form of the resistance, led by John Connor, and they're winning. So, the evil computer, Skynet, figures out time travel and sends one of its killing machines (a Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 model 101 Terminator ...  Read the complete review

Following a twelve year hiatus, Arnie reprised his most famous role once more for Terminator 3, which has a plot thats very similar to the second film. Once again, the rogue, self-aware computer defense network Skynet sends back a terminator from the post-apocalyptic future in order to kill John Connor before he can go on to lead the human resistance after the nuclear bombs have landed and thus challenge the dominion of the machines. Neither Edward Furlong nor Linda Hamilton, the original actors who played John Connor and his mother Sarah Connor are in the film this time, with Hamilton's character being omitted entirely and John Connor's character played by a ...  Read the complete review