As a stand alone film, this one is a bit lacking. Scenes often play out with a bit of head scratching and it leaves behind a laundry list of plot holes.
The film props itself up along side it's infamous predecessors from 1984 and 1991. It ignores all following installments from the series but, instead of generating a positive experience based solely on nostalgia, it left me asking why? The only real existent nostalgia in the film came in the form of Linda Hamilton and a CGI stand in of Edward Furlong. Admittedly, I find it hard to just ignore the other films in the franchise but, in truth, this one did not stand out as being any better than any one of them. I'm my view, it stands next to those films far more than it does the original two.
It's certainly worth a watch but I would save this one for a casual movie night, not a planned watching event.