You know that old saying "If it isn't broke, don't fix it"? Apparently the creators of this movie never had heard of that...

I was so stoked when I heard this was coming out and saw it in theaters, even loved it for awhile. But after buying it on DVD I started to realize it's almost the same thing as T2 with little differences, holes, and the opposite for an ending. It begins with a female Terminator going back in time and killing people who we later discover are John Connor's lieutenants and Connor can't be found by the machines now as he dropped off the grid. I'm sorry but this chick is like the WORST machine ever; she gets this orgasm face when she tastes the blood of her targets, she talks seductively to cops about their guns, gets this pissy look on her face when her plans are foiled, occasionally copping cocky smiles , frequently has an "oh shit" face when she realizes her human prey outwitted her, and even has a look of fear when (SPOILER ALERT!!!) gets a bomb shoved in her mouth. Any sci-fi nerd will tell you machines can't really feel!

"I'm SkyNet's kinky sex doll complete with accessories! ...  No really, we've run out of killer robots in the war and now have to resort to the sex toys and CG eye candy."
-The T-X

So after a motorcycle chase scene against a big truck trying to kill John Connor and his vet/ex-girlfriend in fashion very similar to T2, the team find a weapons cache (also like T2 though more conveniently located), it's revealed the vet is John's wife in the future and Arnold killed him in the future so his wife chose to send him back for sentimental reasons... Okay, aside from Connor dying despite being the hero leader of the resistance, what the Hell makes this chick think sending her husband's killer back in time to keep him alive is a great idea?

"Are you sorry for killing my husband who I don't even like much? ... I'll take your cold machine silence as a yes and trust you'll keep him alive in the past."
-That new person John Connor hooked up with

So after realizing this John Connor's a whiner and lame excuse for future military hero, Arnold gets ready to kill him but Kate (The new chick) orders Terminator to go to the Air Force base where SkyNet is fully developed so they can stop it... But they don't, SkyNet takes over (In case you couldn't tell from the spoiler in the movie's title) and Arnold gets corrupted by T-Bitch and nearly kills the guy he's supposed to protect (Gee, didn't see that coming...), the not so romantic couple/former lovers/aquaintences retreat to the moutains to survive the soon to come nuclear holocaust. But the T-Skank and Arnold follow them for one brief and not so climatic cyborg deathmatch...

"I am beck en drue arly due thouzends kreppy CG zpeceel effax."
-Arnold's Terminator
(Which isn't even a T-800 in this movie but a T-101, yeah they even messed up HIS series numberdho and he's the star!)

In short, movie's not that good. Special effects is when they overused CG for EVERYTHING and it didn't look that great, action and violence feels toned down comapred to Terminator 2 which the director clearly tried to emulate, the acting's not that good, only actors from the previous movies are Arnold and that criminal psychologist from T1 and T2. The best thing of this movie are the jokes but even James Cameron, the writer and director for the first 2 Terminators claimed watching this was like someone pissing in his soup... That's pretty bad the guy who did Titanic says that!

It's not the worst movie ever but it's not good nor is it average. I give T3: Rise of The Machines 2 out of 5 out of place horny killer she-robots.