![]() ![]() ![]() But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherf***ers into junk. Most of us were rounded up, put in camps for orderly disposal. Hunter-Killers: patrol machines built in automated factories. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. ![]() And I would lead what was left of the human race to ultimate victory. Three billion lives were vanished in an instant. It was the machine, Sarah.ĭefense network computers. All my life, my mother told me the storm was coming Judgment Day, the beginning of a war between man and machines. A few years from now, all this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. With Breakdown and U-571 serving as worthy rehearsals for this cautionary epic of mass destruction, director Jonathan Mostow wisely avoids any stylistic connection to James Cameron's Terminator classics instead he's crafted a fun, exciting popcorn thriller, humorous and yet still effectively nihilistic, and comparable to Jurassic Park III in returning the Terminator franchise to its potent B-movie roots. The plot presents a logical fulfillment of T2 prophesy, disposing of Connor's mother (Linda Hamilton is sorely missed) while computer-driven machines assume control, launching a nuclear nightmare that Connor must survive. Originally programmed as an assassin, a disadvantaged T-101 cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger, bidding fond farewell to his signature role) arrives from the future to join Connor and his old acquaintance Kate (Claire Danes) in thwarting the T-X's relentless pursuit. The apocalyptic "Judgment Day" of T2 was never prevented, only postponed: John Connor (Nick Stahl, replacing T2's Edward Furlong), now 22 and disconnected from society, is being pursued yet again, this time by the advanced T-X, a sleek "Terminatrix" (coldly expressionless Kristanna Loken) programmed to stop Connor from becoming the savior of humankind. With a reported budget of $172 million, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines starts in high gear and never slows down. ![]()
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