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Movie Overview
Cast
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Kristanna Loken
• Nick Stahl
Director
• Jonathan Mostow
MPAA Rating
R - strong sci-fi violence and action and for language and brief nudity
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

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OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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B
"T3 does not have the sense of humanity that the two previous films had, but Mostow's focused direction helps get the job done."  FromTheBalcony  Bill Clark

4/10
"What starts as familiarity in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines quickly becomes diminishing returns."  Lybarger Links  Dan Lybarger

C+
"This time the Terminator is fighting a girl in this high-tech race to Judgement Day. But save for the ending that sets it up for T-4, we are left wanting more, much more."  EDGE Boston  David Foucher

3.5/4
"It left me feeling giddy like a kid at a carnival."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

3/4
"Jonathan Mostow's T3 is a spectacular addition to the franchise."  Movie Boeuf  David N. Butterworth

3.5/4
"...leave all preconceived notions of what a Terminator flick should be behind."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"Makes for a fine summer blockbuster sci-fi action flick, as it throws no unnecessary curves to its expectant fan base."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"The film reimagines the Adam and Eve myth but with a post-industrial edge and a distinctly feminist slant."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B
"It delivers as a knock-’em-down powerhouse popcorn flick, and though it may be nothing new, it’s certainly an exciting incarnation of something old."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

3.5/4
"In the action department, James Cameron is a God. So save for a few choice fanatics, Jonathan Mostow could then be Jesus."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

A-
"Directed by genre genius Jonathan Mostow, this is maybe the best pure action movie since... well, since Terminator 2."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3/4
"This juiced-up futuristic fable is delightfully on maximum overdrive and Arnold S. does what he does best—deliver his brand of robotic ribaldry with the precision of an extremely well-oiled machine."  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

C+
"A superfluous sequel...while the movie is as smooth and efficient as one of the cyborgs that populate the series, it's also just as soulless."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"A sci-fi actioner with a surprising take on America's weapons of mass destruction."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"Terminator 3 is the summer movie of 2003 that hard-core action fans have been awaiting."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Ultimately terminator 3's unremitting cynicism wore me down and I grew simply resentful towards the movie. It exists for no other purpose than to be number three in a brand name franchise that would guarantee good box office returns."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

4/5
"Blatantly opportunistic sequel has plot holes, logic problems, minimal innovation ... and a fistful of block-rockin' action."  Netflix  James Rocchi

4/10
"They made a clone, but left behind the soul -- T3 is T2 without the heart, spirit, and humanity."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

8/10
"This film is as entertaining as any film that I've seen so far this year."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

7/10
"...entertaining for the moment, exciting, even exhilarating in parts, but ultimately it's an empty exercise in fuss and bother that leaves one strangely dissatisfied."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

"Kristanna Loken is both beautiful and deadly, not just a heartbreaker, but someone capable of ripping out your heart to become the ultimate backseat driver."  Light Views  John Larsen

7/10
"This doesn't make a lot of sense, but who needs plot continuity when there's Claire Danes?"  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

3/4
"'Mostow logra una cinta llena de acción, con buenos efectos especiales que no decepciona ni al más clavado fanático de la franquicia.'"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

4.5/5
"A big fun love letter to the first two movies, and worth the wait. But I am a sucker for the Terminator."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

3/4
"... the newest installment of "The Terminator" aims at nothing less than propelling the franchise in a new direction... better than the original "Terminator" in everything but concept."  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

4.5/5
"Terminator 3 has guts."  Film Threat  Kevin Carr

4/4
"The coolest summer blockbuster you could wish for!"  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

3/5
"Director Jonathan Moscow and screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris pack the film with muscular action sequences, but the human factor provided by Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor is sorely missed."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2/4
"A well-made but empty spectacle that is missing dread, thrills, and, most importantly, variation."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"A big slice of apocalyptic, time-traveling, stuff blowin’ up real good, self-referential, twisting back on itself, sorta mind-blowing slice of geek heaven."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

2/5
"A chaotic mess, saddled with its own utter meaninglessness and afflicted by the need to be bigger-better-faster-more."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

3.5/4
"In terms of summer movie action, Terminator 3 kicks The Matrix Reloaded’s ***."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

B+
"The new model has lots of upgrades, lots of new powers, surprising plot twists and some funny lines. But the best part of Terminator 3 remains the old formula: it's one long, exciting chase scene."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

3/5
"Em retrospecto, acaba prejudicando seus antecessores."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

3/4
"I went into the screening not exactly looking forward to the idea of a "T3" and emerged two hours later eager for a "T4"."  Critic Doctor  Peter Sobczynski

2/5
"T3 has the sour, depressive vibe of an untested director submitting to a predetermined mythology not his own."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

C+
"The first two films are classics. The third is just another carnival ride: fun perhaps, but ultimately disposable."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

B
"T3 is the real full throttle movie of the summer."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B
"["Terminator 3"] is familiar, with a good pedigree, slick, well crafted and has a decent script. It doesn’t get much better third time around."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

"More time seems to be spent on giving Schwarzenegger corny one-liners than establishing the TX as a genuine threat."  Movie Views  Ryan Cracknell

3.5/5
"Certainly of a higher caliber than many of the assembly-line sequels we're often presented with but clearly missing that technological awe that came with Ts 1 and 2."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

B
"... in a summer of comic book super-operas dense with psychological torment and sprawling well over two hours, the unpretentious efficiency of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is refreshing."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

3.5/5
"Pounds forward with brute force, squeezing in plot points wherever possible."  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

B
"Against all odds, a smart, rousing extension of Cameron's paranoid fantasy that not only meshes seamlessly with the past and future continuities of the earlier films, but actually advances the apocalyptic mythology."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

7/10
"Super spectacular summer popcorn picture, packing more fireworks than the Fourth of July. Adrenaline addicts are gonna love the fast-paced action."  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

3.5/4
"A smashing example of bravura filmmaking."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

2.5/4
"The pleasures of this text reside almost completely in the sensation that we're watching an extremely well-funded kid playing with toy cars and action figures in a toy city."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

"Terminator 3 no está a la altura de sus antecesoras, pero tampoco decepciona del todo. Jonathan Mostow no es James Cameron, pero es un director con muy buen sentido del ritmo y el espectáculo."  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

7/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

3/4
Read review  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick
OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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