Plot Summary for
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

It is a dark time for the resistance and Skynet is on the verge of going online, the events of the last movie has changed nothing and John must now battle a new Terminator called the T-X. As before, the resistance was able to send another T-800 as a protector for John, and its still a question of which one will reach him first...

Summary written by Scott

Nearly a decade after Skynet sent back the T-1000, John Connor faces a female Terminator, the T-X, with power over all machines. But John has another protector: a new T-101 unit Terminator is sent back through time to help guide John through the coming battle.

Summary written by Tim1370

It's been 10 years since the events of the second film. Those events have changed nothing. Sarah Connor is dead. John Connor (Nick Stahl) is living in the streets as a hacker. Now a new terminaor whos has power over all machines, has been sent back to kill him, the Terminatrix or T-X (Kristanna Loken) who doesn't require weapons as she has a laser cannon on her hand and is capable of turning herself into machinery. She has been programmed to eliminate other Cybernetic organisms. A new T 101 unit (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is also sent back to help John. But can it succeed against a seemingly stronger terminator? The Machines are on the rise...

Summary written by Eminem_phat_23

On the verge of Judgement Day, the most advanced Terminator unit ever, the T-X, arrives from the future to ensure the rise of the machines. The only hope against it is a new upgraded T-800 unit, the T-850, that is sent back by the human resistance. Together with John Connor, it must stop the rise of the machines or all humanity will fall.

Summary written by Paul McLaughlin

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