Related: Why Dark Fate Never Answers Carl's Terminator Secret Plot-Holeįor one thing, Terminator 3 features the most daringly downbeat ending of the entire series, living up to its title by closing on the nuclear annihilation of most human life on earth. Where Cameron’s first sequel made the titular cyborg the hero, the next sequel saw a newcomer to the director’s chair, Jonathan Mostow, inject more levity into proceedings to decidedly mixed results.Ĭritics were harsh on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines when the movie arrived in multiplexes in 2003, citing the uninspired action sequences and out-of-place cringe comedy as low points in the belated sequel. However, the intervening decades have been a little kinder to Terminator 3, and the failure of numerous directors to establish a consistent tone throughout the rest of the franchise’s sequels have led some viewers to reassess the third film’s perceived failings. Beginning with James Cameron’s violent, slasher-influenced sci-fi horror The Terminator in 1984, the franchise has since gone on to cycle through genres as diverse as blockbuster action, war drama, and (sometimes unintentional) comedy in its subsequent outings.

Much like its predecessors, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines originally featured a lot of notable scenes that would have changed the mood and tone of the movie if they were kept in the final cut.

Terminator 3 deleted scene