Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of the Terminator series; directed by Jonathan Mostow, with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning.
• Nick Stahl and Claire Danes co-star.
• About 1 hour 45 minutes; watch the first two films first.

Synopsis

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a 2003 science fiction action film, the third installment in the Terminator franchise and a sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). It was directed by Jonathan Mostow and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, and Kristanna Loken. In its plot, the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet sends a T-X (Loken)—a highly advanced Terminator—back in time to ensure the rise of machines by killing top members of the future human resistance as John Connor's (Stahl) location is unknown. The resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-850 (Schwarzenegger) to protect John and his future wife, Kate Brewster (Danes).

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Director & cast

• J

  Jonathan Mostow

  Director

• A

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Terminator

• N

  Nick Stahl

  John Connor

• C

  Claire Danes

  Kate Brewster

• K

  Kristanna Loken

  T-X

• E

  Earl Boen

  Peter Silberman

• C

  Christopher Lawford

• C

  Chris Hardwick

• D

  David Andrews