Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) movie poster

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

"The Machines Will Rise."
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👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 68%
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Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
R
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.2/10 (7,139 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
66

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator · 76% avg
Nick Stahl as John Connor · 70% avg
Claire Danes as Kate Brewster · 70% avg
Kristanna Loken as T-X · 63% avg
Earl Boen as Dr. Peter Silberman · 80% avg
David Andrews as Robert Brewster · 73% avg
Carolyn Hennesy as Rich Woman
Jay Acovone as Cop - Westside Street

Is Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 68%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#204 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#23 / 149 · 2003

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a 2003 American science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow, the first Terminator sequel made without James Cameron. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the T-850, an aging Terminator model sent back to protect John Connor, now played by Nick Stahl, and his future wife Kate Brewster, played by Claire Danes, from the T-X, an advanced female Terminator played by Kristanna Loken whose liquid metal exterior conceals an endoskeleton capable of controlling other machines. The film's most notable creative decision was its ending — rather than preventing Judgment Day, the characters fail, and Skynet launches its nuclear attack, annihilating human civilization.

This bleak, deterministic conclusion, in which the heroes' best efforts only delay rather than prevent the apocalypse, was the film's most praised element. The crane chase sequence through Los Angeles was one of the most destructive and spectacular vehicle chase scenes ever filmed. Terminator 3 earned $433 million worldwide on a $187 million budget.

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