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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (T3)

2003

Jonathan Mostow

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristanna Loken, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes ...

5.2

38,622

Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Action A decade has passed since John Connor (Nick Stahl) helped prevent Judgment Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now 22, Connor lives off the grid - no home, no credit cards, no cell phone and no job. No record of his existence. No way he can be traced by Skynet - the highly developed network of machines that once tried to kill him and wage war on humanity. Until... out of the shadows of the future steps the T-X (Kristanna Loken), ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Terminator 3' is essentially a B movie, content to be loud, dumb and obvious (...) [Schwarzenegger] acts (if you can call it that) with his usual leaden whimsy"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's a potent popcorn movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Is 'Terminator 3' a skillful piece of work? Indeed. Will it entertain the Friday night action crowd? You bet. Does it tease and intrigue us like the earlier films did? Not really (...) [It] is dumbed down for the multiplex hordes (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A sleek, satisfying return to the series supercharged B-picture roots (...) A great way to kill (for) two hours (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Jonathan Mostow does an honest job with all this - but it lacks James Cameron's zip (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"[It] falls short in many of the areas where Cameron's excelled (...) Short on thrills, but surprisingly long on laughs and surprises"	NEU
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Radio Times	"Other than that it's more of the same - the thrills are expensive, the chase highly charged and Arnie's one-liners suitably wry (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nev Pierce BBC	"A lean, efficient, amusing action picture (...) Fast, funny and forgettable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"It's less about the characters than about the first two movies (...) Its most extravagant spectacle (...) is no match for Schwarzenegger's monotone line readings"	NEG

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