Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003)

Written by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd

Directed by Jonathan Mostow

Running Time: 115 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2003

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA / Germany / UK

Filmed in Colour

A bit of a letdown after the first two movies, the third Terminator film, released in 2003, is big on budget (at least $170m) and even bigger on bang, crash and wallop. Reassuringly Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his iconic role as the cyborg from the future, but once you've got over the fact that he's back, and the deadly terminator killing machine he needs to eliminate is a woman, then it's pretty much a re-hash of what we've had twice before - expensive effects, plenty of chases and lots of mayhem.

With evil artificial intelligence network Skynet on its way to world domination, the rise of the machines seems inevitable. The only man who can oppose them is John Connor (Nick Stahl), who is set to become the leader of the human resistance against the machines. Skynet sends its newest, deadliest terminator, the T-X (Kristanna Loken), to eliminate him - but the humans send back their own cyborg, the T-101 (Schwarzenegger), to protect their leader.

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Cast

	Arnold Schwarzenegger		Terminator
	Nick Stahl		John Connor
	Claire Danes		Kate Brewster
	Kristanna Loken		T-X
	David Andrews		Robert Brewster
	Mark Famiglietti		Scott Petersen
	Earl Boen		Dr. Peter Silberman
	Moira Harris		Betsy
	Chopper Bernet		Chief Engineer
	Christopher Lawford		Brewster's Aide
	Carolyn Hennesy		Rich Woman
	Jay Acovone		Cop - Westside Street
	M.C. Gainey		Roadhouse Bouncer