🎥 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) is a sci-fi action film directed by Jonathan Mostow, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-850 Terminator, Nick Stahl as John Connor, Claire Danes as Kate Brewster, and Kristanna Loken as the advanced T-X Terminatrix. A decade after delaying Judgment Day, adult John Connor lives off the grid. Skynet sends the deadly T-X to eliminate his future lieutenants, but a reprogrammed Terminator arrives to protect him and Kate. Epic chases and battles ensue a