You know how sometimes after watching a movie, you say to yourself "I could�ve made that better!" Well this movie will do it to you. That�s not to say it�s a bad movie, it's not, its just �bland.
Who in their right mind would classify a Terminator sequel a 12A? Its just plain madness! Even the title would tell the most inbred of people that this movie is meant to be all-out carnage, violence that would even satisfy the average Leeds supporter. I just can�t understand it. It's because of this the movie falters, and if something as big as the target audience is mucked up, everything else pays the price.
While the story is a valiant attempt to not look like a blatant cash-in and a vehicle to desperately make Arnie popular again, it just seems like a waste of an idea, not to mention time and money. A female terminator was of course the only step forward to make it look different, and newcomer Kristanna Loken does her best Robert Patrick impression, forgetting that her purpose was to add something new to the fold.
Arnie hams it up Shatner-style, becoming a pale shadow of his former bad-ass self, whether he be the hero or villain, does he realise he takes the piss out of his own character in the movie? The movie starts in a disappointing fashion, a fantastic opening war scene but without the pumping, adrenalin-boiling theme tune, such a let down. It heralds the fact that the movie has no real soul to it, no emotion, the kind of thing provided wonderfully in T2 by Linda Hamilton: now that was haunting stuff.
Yes the effects are great, but look plastic and lifeless compared to Stan Winston�s earlier efforts in the first movies. When will Hollywood realise, models and animatronics are better than CGI?
It�s only the saving grace of Nick Stahl and Claire Danes efforts that hide Jonathan Mostow�s boring direction and the overall light-heartedness of the movie. Still, the final scenes are great and may pave the way for a better fourth instalment� please. |
