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Plot Summary
John
Connor (Nick Stahl) was only a boy when the first Terminator was sent back
from the future to kill him. As
a boy he was told that machines would, one day, take control of the world
and try to annihilate mankind. He
learnt that he would become the leader of mankind in the fight against the
machines. John is now a young
man and haunted by his mother’s stories and his experiences he drifts
from place to place, “Living off the grid”.
He doesn’t feel safe and lives in fear of what the future might
hold and the destiny that is his. A
destiny that he doesn’t want but can’t avoid…
Review
This is the third instalment in
the “Terminator movies”. The
first and second movie where full of explosive action and suspense.
The action was accompanied by a clever story and it was this
combination that helped make them so popular.
Now that the story has been set up and outlined for the future it
is easy for the sequels to follow and this latest movie takes the story a
little further. However, it
concentrates more on the action scenes, and the story and the development
of characters is somewhat neglected.
In the first and second movies you really felt the suspense and
even an affinity with the characters as they battled for mankind on our
behalf!
Terminator 3 certainly has the
exciting action scenes. Some
of the sequences might be a little long which gives the movie the feel of
being one very long action-filled chase sequence.
Perhaps the movie should have taken a little time out from the
action to develop the characters and story.
As in the first movies there is some corny but excellent, funny
“one-liners”. Big Arnie
Schwarzeneggar gets to deliver most of them in an expressionless,
emotionless voice. Well you
can’t expect emotion in a robot/machine sent back from the future!
For me, Arnold Schwarzeneggar
is the “Terminator movies”. No
offence to his acting ability but his size, deadpan expression and that
deep emotionless voice make him the perfect Terminator!
This time around we also have a
Terminatrix (a female robot/machine) played by Kristanna Loken.
Claire Danes plays a big part
when her character, a school friend of John Connor’s (Nick Stahl),
unwillingly, gets caught up in the action.
The Bottom Line:
If you enjoyed the first two movies you will enjoy this instalment,
which brings the story forward, but if you are not a fan of the movies,
you might see it as mediocre sci-fi action movie.
Last
thought: “They’ll be
back!”
Reviewed by Niall
Quinn,
Premier Movie
Reviews 2003
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