20 Action Movie Sequels Since 2000 That Don't Suck

Nobody expected the director of Charlie’s Angels to follow Terminator: Rise Of The Machines with a terrific action movie, but that’s what McG delivered in this sequel.

One of the most visually arresting moments occurs early on when Christian Bale’s helicopter is blown out of the sky and the camera swirls around the doomed craft, tracking its descent in one fluid take. Special mention, however, has to be made of the attack by the Harvester Terminator.

Buildings are demolished, Moto-Terminators are employed, dragged for several miles and hurled into the air, then once the HK-Aerials get in on the action, bridges are destroyed before Resistance planes engage them in a dogfight. The New York Daily News claimed McG had kept the action "linear and kind of retro, avoiding today's nervous chop-shop style."