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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

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Critics' Reviews

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
With him (Schwarzenegger), we return to a franchise we never knew we missed, surprisingly grateful for the star's generosity -- and evident pleasure -- in strapping on the old sunglasses and blasting adversaries to hell.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Tried hard to honor the spirit of the franchise, not exploit it, and take it to a new level and a surprising destination.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
An expertly paced and efficient sci-fi thrill machine, "T3" effectively marries impressive action sequences with persuasive storytelling and its star's uniquely appealing style of "No" drama -- as in no reaction, no expression, no emotion of any kind.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
May lack the mythic pow of the 1984 original and the visionary thrill of T2, but it's a potent popcorn movie that digs in its hooks and doesn't let go until an ending that ODs on apocalyptic hoo-ha.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Gets the most bang for its buck by letting the camera linger on the spectacle, and allowing tension, not flashiness, to be its hallmark.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
This third installment is the loudest, dopiest, and least inventive of the three. But what the movie...lacks in intelligence it makes up for in sheer doom.Read Full Review »
70
NewsWeek: David Ansen
At its screeching, wall-breaking best, “T3” achieves heavy-metal slapstick.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Pedestrian but appealing.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
At its metallic heart, T3 is another chase movie -- one figure relentlessly tracking three others, mostly in cars, at high speed through implausibly underpopulated Los Angeles streets.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Terminator 3 moves at not-quite-breakneck speed, and the shape-shifting, metal-melting special effects aren't exactly spectacular.Read Full Review »
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