Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a 2003 science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken. It is the second sequel to The Terminator . After Skynet fails to kill Sarah Connor before her son is born and to kill John himself as a child, it sends back another Terminator, the T-X, in an attempt to wipe out as many Resistance officers as possible, since Connor himself cannot be traced. This includes John's future wife, but not John himself as his whereabouts are unknown to Skynet. John's life is placed in... danger when the T-X accidentally finds him. Following the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, John Connor has been living off-the-grid in Los Angeles. Although Judgment Day did not occur on August 29, 1997, the date given by the Terminator in the previous film, John does not believe that the prophesied war between humans and Skynet has been averted. Unable to locate John, Skynet sends a new model of Terminator, the T-X , back in time to July 24, 2004 to kill his future lieutenants in the human Resistance.
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| Release date: | June 30, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Mostow |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mario Kassar, Matthias Deyle, Joel B. Michaels, Andrew George Vajna, Hal Lieberman, Colin Wilson |
| Editor: | Neil Travis, Nicolas De Toth |
| Music by: | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography: | Don Burgess |
| Screenplay by: | John Brancato, Michael Ferris |
| Estimated budget: | $187,300,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |