Terminator 2: Judgment Day Reviews
Top CriticA humongous, visionary parable that intermittently enthralls and ultimately disappoints. T2 is half of a terrific movie -- the wrong half.
Common Sense Media
Tons of action, violence, and special effects.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Nobody, I think, will complain that it doesn't have enough action.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Few films have matched it within the science fiction genre for sheer white-knuckle exhilaration.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Flipside Movie Emporium
Less a sequel than a reimagining, an alternate and equally compelling take on the dark vision of the original.
| Original Score: 5/5
BDK Reviews
The special effects from this 1991 classic action flick still hold up in today's world. T2 is a timeless classic that will live on forever.
| Original Score: 5/5
BrianOrndorf.com
With all the time-travel and cyborg collision going on, Cameron does a fine job believing in his logic. Even if the math doesn't always add up, it's easy to be swept up by this audacious movie.
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| Original Score: A
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Like Mt. Rushmore, it is huge and a must-see, but one wonders if it really was such a good idea in the first place.
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| Original Score: +1 out of -4..+4
Antagony & Ecstasy
It's just not as good a film as The Terminator, despite soundly surpassing it in a few areas.
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| Original Score: 8/10
eFilmCritic.com
A fireworks grand finale that never stops.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Bullz-Eye.com
It's big and clever, and one could argue that even Skynet would appreciate its technical skill.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
As a fancy mechanism fueled by the pleasure of watching legions of people and equipment being summarily destroyed, this is pretty hot stuff.
Combustible Celluloid
Cameron directs with a huge amount of style and personality, effortlessly jumping from the $6.4 million original to the $88 million sequel.
Slant Magazine
Set the standard for modern Hollywood's F/X-driven mega-productions and cemented James Cameron's dystopian vision as modern science-fiction's saga par excellence.
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| Original Score: 4/4
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.
Filmcritic.com
A true classic, though I still miss the grit and nuance of the original.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Structured as a simple chase, the story sags midway, but the first hour and last 30 minutes display an enjoyably relentless bravura.
Movie Metropolis
...a milestone in the evolution of action films and their now-omnipresent computer-generated imagery.
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| Original Score: 9/10
