Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Reviews

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Ram Samudrala
The only "twist" to this Terminator flick is the presence of a female Terminator, Terminatrix or TX for short, who is out of destroy John Connor (Nick Stahl). Connor is the one responsible for saving the saving human race from a world taken over by...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4)
Who would've guessed that "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" would be an action-packed, thoroughly exciting entry in the series? Funny, nerve-frying, often supremely entertaining, "Terminator 3" certainly rises to the occasion and is one of the better...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4)
If you'd asked me to pick someone to direct the third installment of the "Terminator" series after James Cameron bailed I might well have said Jonathan Mostow. His "Breakdown" was an intelligent, sprightly thriller from 1997 and "U 571" proved...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by John Ulmer (Rating: 4.5/5)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - 4.5/5 stars ----------------------------------------------------------------- Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, Earl Boen Directed by Jonathan Mostow Opens nation-wide July...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4)
Governor, oops I mean actor -- got a little ahead of myself there -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in his signature role as The Terminator in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, one of the few blockbusters this summer that is more than worth the money...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Homer Yen (Rating: B-)
Even if Arnold Schwarzenegger has the dramatic range of a hammer and possesses the looks of a schnauzer, you have to admit a couple of things. First, he still looks incredibly buff and youthful, belying his 50-something age. In the opening sequence, we...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 5/10)
CAPSULE: The new TERMINATOR film has fewer ideas to slow the action. The film is in more ways than one just a machine demolition derby. The future sends back what is supposed to be the most advanced Terminator robot of the...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4)
Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Screenplay by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, from a story by Brancato, Ferris and Tedi Sarafian, based on characters created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes....more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003) Rated R; running time 110 minutes Studio: Warner Bros Genre: Action Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Official site: http://www.terminator3.com/ IMDB site:...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by David Friend (Rating: C-)
Its a movie business inside joke that directors never get the respect they deserve. After all, they're the ones who take the script and turn it into a visual. Sometimes they even write the scripts themselves. They mould the actors into the characters...more

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Josh Gilchrist (Rating: 1.5/4)
What if movies meant more to society? Of course they're just sources of escapism, but what if films truly had an impact on our decisions in life? If this were true, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" might be considered just as damaging to Arnold...more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, recipient of four Oscars and over half a billion box-office dollars in 1991, seems like a lifetime ago, doesn't it? And I can barely remember the first Terminator film from back in 1984 (wasn't Snake Pliskin in it or...more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2.5/4)
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003) 2 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, David Andrews and Kristanna Loken. Story by John Brancato & Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian. Screenplay by John Brancato & Michael...more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B)
In 1984, director James Cameron showed us a vision of a future world dominated by machines in "The Terminator." Then, in 1991 with "Terminator 2" the murderous T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) of the first film became the protector of young John Connor, the...more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10)
PLOT: The world is set to be taken over by computers (aka the machines) and the only person who can lead the human resistance is a kid who goes by the name of John Connor. Knowing this, the futuristic machines send a gorgeous, all-powerful robot back in...more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B)
Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten Grade: B Warner Bros./Intermedia Directed by: Jonathan Mostow Written by: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken Screened at: Loews E-Walk, NYC, 6/30/03 more
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "T3: Rise of the Machines" (Warner Bros.) As this super summer popcorn picture begins, future revolutionary John Connor (Nick Stahl) has been in hiding in the dark shadows of his own paranoid nightmares for more than a...more