Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Page #2

Synopsis: More than 10 years after 'Terminator 2', John Connor now exists only as a drifter - living 'off the grid', so no more Terminators from the future can hunt him down. Unfortunately, SkyNet does send another one back - and this one is called the T-X, even more powerful & advanced than the dreaded T-1000. However, another CSM-101 Terminator is also sent back to protect John against the T-X. Now, Skynet is patiently assuming control of civilian computer systems, under the guise of a computer virus. John has also met his future wife, Kate Brewster, whose father - a U.S. Air Force General - is in charge of the military computer systems & is leery of up linking SkyNet. However, when the SkyNet virus infects the U.S military computers & leaves the country open to attack, the machines begin their horrific takeover. Soon a nuclear war will result - and the war against the machines will begin. Can the outdated CSM-101 Terminator eliminate the highly advanced T-X - or will a darker future await man
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Jonathan Mostow
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  3 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
2003
109 min
$150,252,753
Website
3,584 Views


Drop dead, you a**hole!

I'm unable to comply.

Where are you taking me?

To a safe location.

All right, get off at the next exit.

Let her out.

Negative.

Katherine Brewster must be protected.

-I thought I was the one they were after.

-You could not be located.

So a T-X was sent back through time

to eliminate your lieutenants.

So she's gonna be in the Resistance?

No, no.

No, you shouldn't even exist.

I mean,

we took out Cyberdyne over 10 years ago.

-We stopped Judgment Day.

-You only postponed it.

Judgment Day is inevitable.

I require a cutting tool.

Here, take the wheel.

-What are you doing?

-I am powered by two hydrogen fuel cells.

My primary cell was damaged

by a plasma attack.

T-X is designed for extreme combat,

driven by a plasma reactor...

...and equipped with onboard weapons.

Its arsenal includes...

...nanotechnological transjectors.

-Meaning?

-It can control other machines.

Its body chassis is heavily armored

and hardened to withstand external attack.

-You'll find a way to destroy her.

-Unlikely.

I'm an obsolete design.

T-X is faster, more powerful

and more intelligent.

It's a far more effective

killing machine.

Oh, great.

That's great.

My presence in this timeline

has been anticipated.

T-X is designed to terminate

other cybernetic organisms.

So she's an anti-Terminator

Terminator?

You've gotta be shitting me.

No, I am not shitting you.

When ruptured,

the fuel cells become unstable.

Relax.

-Let me out of here!

-Relax!

Man, this is whack.

It's been like this for hours.

Every goddamn station.

Hey.

Hey! Are you gonna pay for that?

Talk to the hand.

Help! Help me!

Help!

I think we better go.

Jerky?

You're kidnapping me.

-Look-

-God, you were always a delinquent.

And look at you now, sitting there

like the bad boy thing still works.

What are you,

some kind of gang member?

How do you live with yourself?

What?

Tell her who I am.

John Connor is leader of the Worldwide

Resistance and last hope of humankind.

Right. And him?

He's a robot from the future.

Living tissue over a metal skeleton,

sent back in time to protect me.

Go to hell.

He doesn't mean you any harm.

I have a fianc.

He's gonna be looking for me.

What is it that you want?

Just...

...imagine...

...if you knew you were gonna do

something important with your life.

Something amazing.

Maybe the most important thing

anyone has ever done.

But there's a catch.

Something terrible has to happen.

You couldn't...

...live with yourself if you didn't try

to stop it, but...

What are you talking about?

It's just- The life you know...

...all the stuff that

you take for granted...

...it's not gonna last.

Mike Kripke.

Back there, why did you say

"Kripke's basement"?

Because Mike Kripke's house...

...that's where the kids used

to go make out, right?

So you and me-

Wait, did we...?

Holy sh*t, we did.

We made out in Kripke's basement.

I cannot believe you remembered that.

I must have made

some kind of impression.

Give me a break.

I only remembered because

the next day you were in the news.

Wait a second. You and me hooked up

the day before I first met him.

And now again, 10 years later.

We were supposed to meet.

Coincidence.

Yeah.

Hon? Did you just get in?

Hi, I'm Detective Edwards, L.A.P.D.

This is Detective Bell.

We're looking for Katherine Brewster.

Is she here?

No.

-You're her fianc, Scott Mason?

-Yes.

There was an incident at the

veterinary hospital where she works.

We're concerned something

may have happened to her.

Where is she?

We got a report from a gas station

attendant near Victorville...

...about a possible kidnapping

and it might be related.

I'll help you find her.

Come with me.

Go.

Your mother?

I never even knew

where she was buried.

I hit the road the day she died.

Why did you bring me here?

No! What are you doing?

Hey, stop!

Get away from it! Stop!

Sarah Connor was cremated in Mexico.

Her friends scattered her ashes

in the sea.

They stored these weapons

in accordance with her will.

What happened to her?

Leukemia.

I'm sorry.

We were living in Baja

when she was diagnosed.

They only gave her six months.

But she fought for three years.

Long enough to make sure.

To make sure?

That the world didn't end.

"Every day after this one is a gift. "

She told me, "We made it. We're free. "

But I never really believed that.

I guess she didn't either.

You know you were about

the closest thing to a father I ever had?

How pathetic is that?

Out of my way!

My mission is to protect you.

That's enough.

Move or I'll do it!

I swear I will! I'll shoot you!

Go ahead. See what happens.

Don't do that.

Oh, my God.

This is the police.

We have the building surrounded.

Release your hostage!

Just leave me here. I'm not the one

you want. You're wasting your time.

Incorrect. John Connor

leads the Resistance to victory.

How?

Why? Why me?

You are John Connor.

Christ, my mom fed me that bullshit

since the cradle.

Look at me.

I'm no leader, I never was!

I'm never gonna-

Let go.

You're right.

You're not the one I want.

I'm wasting my time.

F*** you, you f***ing machine!

Better.

Oh, you were just dicking with me?

Anger is more useful than despair.

What?

Basic psychology is among

my subroutines.

Perps still holed up?

Gotcha.

Good news. Your fianc's okay.

Where is she?

Greenlawn Cemetery,

up off the 5 freeway.

It's right by the desert.

But they're gonna bring her back to the-

Oh, my God! Oh, my dear Jesus! God!

You're safe now. They can't hurt you.

Kate, my name is Dr. Silberman.

I'm a post-trauma counselor

for the sheriff's department.

How are you feeling?

He's not human.

He's really not human.

I know what it's like to be

in a hostage situation.

I've been there myself.

The fear, the adrenaline.

You find yourself imagining things.

Impossible things.

Crazy things.

Insane things.

Take years to get over it.

-Go, go, go!

-Move it!

Drop your weapon!

And the coffin!

Take him down! Take him down!

Resume fire!

We must reacquire Katherine Brewster.

Why? What makes her

so goddamn important?

Through her, you contact remnants of the

military and learn how to fight Skynet...

...forming the core

of the Resistance.

Later,

your children will become important.

-What?

-She's your wife.

Get in!

Do you want to live? Come on!

-It was Scott! How could it be Scott?

-Your fianc?

The T-X is polymimetic,

able to take the form of anything it touches.

Your fianc is dead.

Oh, my God!

Do something!

Get down.

We need a new vehicle.

Hey, come on.

We gotta keep moving.

She killed Scott because of me.

Look, I know this won't help...

...but sometimes things happen

that we just can't change.

It's not your fault.

Are you sure about this?

About her and me, I mean.

Your confusion is not rational.

She's a healthy female of breeding age.

There's more to it than that.

My database does not encompass

the dynamics of human pair bonding.

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