Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 33 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.5/10
Consensus:
T2 features thrilling action sequences and eye-popping visual effects, but what takes this sci-fi/ action landmark to the next level is the depth of the human (and cyborg) characters.
Runtime: 3 hrs 45 mins
Synopsis: A decade after Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) destroyed the original Terminator, a second unstoppable killing machine (Arnold Schwarzenegger) arrives from the post-apocalyptic year 2029. But this time his mission is to stop an even deadlier Terminator, the T-1000 (Robert Patrick), made... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen
Director: James Cameron
Screenwriter: James Cameron, William Wisher
Producer: Stephanie Austin, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Mario Kassar, B.J. Rack
Composer: Brad Fiedel
Screenwriter: James Cameron, William Wisher
Producer: Stephanie Austin, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Mario Kassar, B.J. Rack
Composer: Brad Fiedel
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Reviews
This remains one of the greatest and most adored action movies of the 90s.
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05/08/08
Arnold Schwarzenegger is more comfortable and assured here than the first time around, reprising a role so perfectly suited to the voice and physique that have established him as a larger-than-life film persona.
05/08/08
Top Critic
...a milestone in the evolution of action films and their now-omnipresent computer-generated imagery.
05/30/07
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is an enjoyable, often exhilarating piece of filmmaking, with a wry sense of humor to boot.
03/01/07
As a fancy mechanism fueled by the pleasure of watching legions of people and equipment being summarily destroyed, this is pretty hot stuff.
03/01/07
Top Critic
Structured as a simple chase, the story sags midway, but the first hour and last 30 minutes display an enjoyably relentless bravura.
06/24/06
Oh, it's well made. It's also overproduced and overlong and the ultimate in the effects-driven movie syndrome.
08/27/03
At the end of both movies, I find myself overcome by an extraordinary swell of emotion.
07/23/03
Mr. Cameron has made a swift, exciting special-effects epic that thoroughly justifies its vast expense and greatly improves upon the first film's potent but rudimentary visual style.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Despite all the special effects and stunts, it is the character development and the nice way the three principal actors work together that makes the film effective.
03/23/03
Arnold Schwarznegger is still the ultimate leathers-wearing, Harley-riding, lever-action shotgun-toting bad-***
03/19/03
With more than half a dozen extremely cool action sequences, it's not a couple of so-so scenes that will make it any less of an unforgettable movie, and one of the best crafted Hollywood action flicks I've seen.
09/10/02
As appealing as the film’s visuals are, it’s really the heart and soul of the characters that make T2 transcend the summer sequel dumping ground.
09/09/02
Less a sequel than a reimagining, an alternate and equally compelling take on the dark vision of the original.
08/13/02
The film contains every established action device: exploding buildings (when a car is no longer enough), apocalyptic threat (a perennial theme in Cameron’s work), and a villain with no apparent vulnerability.
04/03/02
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