Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Cooksey, Earl Boen

A shape-shifting cyborg is sent back from the future to kill John Connor before he can grow up to lead the resistance; a protector is sent, too.

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R, 2 hrs. 15 min.

Directed by: James Cameron

Release Date: July 3, 1991

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DVD Release Date: March 31, 1998

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  • September 29, 2009
    I had to reduce this movie to 4 stars because of how annoying and bad Edward Furlong was here. Damn! Other than that Arnold and Robert Patrick are awesome, great effects.
  • September 17, 2009
    This is probably the best action film ever made.
  • June 9, 2009
    A hard-core sci-fi action movie masterpiece. A sequel that tops the original by far and stands as one of best sequels ever released and one of the greatest action movies ever made. A film with surprising human emotion the drills you to the heart. It keeps your pulse-pouding with ...( read more)spectacular action, mind-blowing speacial effects and riveting suspense. A real deal action classic. One explosive and unforgettable thrill-ride from start to it's amasing finish. Arnold Schwarzenegger is at his fierce and most demanding action hero presence, he actually delivers in his performance with great effection.
  • June 3, 2009
    This classic united the dream team Cameron - Schwarzenegger for nothing less than a reinvention of the action genre. Full of quotable lines, great action sequences and a story that took the predecessor to a whole new level, while being touching and smart, characteristics not ofte...( read more)n found in action films. Robert Patrick is a convincing, metal-blooded villain, Linda Hamilton is the ultimate fighting amazon, while Arnie just has to be himself to win the audience's hearts. The ground breaking special effects still look pretty decent 18 years later, the showdown goes down as one of the longest in genre history. A triumph, and the highlight of the series.
  • May 26, 2009
    Years after the original Terminator was crushed in a hydraulic press and Sara Connor was forced to wait for the end of the world, two more futuristic warriors are sent back with conflicting missions in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. James Cameron returns to his calling card with a f...( read more)ilm that is one of the most action packed films ever made. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the almost unstoppable Terminator, but this time he's here to protect the life of future resistance leader John Connor (Edward Furlong) from a new, high tech Terminator (Robert Patrick) that can morph into anyone it wants to be. What starts out as a simply film about protecting the child turns into an attempt to re-write history and do to the Skynet program what Skynet had planned to do to John Connor- elimination in the past.

    Terminator 2 is actually a look at what the first film would have been with a limitless budget. This is a pure action film that delivers from start to finish some of the most explosive and amazing sequences ever filmed and has never really been surpassed in that regard. The T-1000 may be CGI, but those explosions and the building being blown to hell is good old, natural pyrotechnics. The film is pushing 20 years old now but it still is an edge of your seat film that surpasses expectations to the extreme.

    Arnold returns to his iconic role like an old pair of shoes. This is his signature role and Cameron is able to allow him to show a little humor without being too campy. He's a little lighter, but it isn't hokey as hell. Linda Hamilton also returns as Sarah Connor, but this isn't the same Sarah Connor that drove off into the Mexican desert in 1984. She is a hard built soldier of fortune who has learned the trade of survival so that she can pass her learnings to her son. Hamilton plays Connor as this maniac, yet when you look into her eyes you still see that poor girl that was thrown into this mess years before. Edward Furlong makes his first appearance in this film and runs with it, sadly peaking in his career so far, but the real standout is Robert Patrick, who plays the role of the T-1000 as a mechanical cougar, always on the prowl, sleek, and fast as hell. He is state of the art and he knows it.

    The amazing thing about Terminator 2 is that James Cameron is able to create a story and film that is filled with action and stars a robot to also be an emotional film that really pulls at the heartstrings. This is Cameron's kind of film: big budget, action packed, with a nice story thrown in. As I said before, this is the holy grail of action films because it is so over the top, but it doesn't feel that way. All the explosions feel perfectly natural. This is the peak of action film making and everything that has followed it has been a disciple of this film, especially when we talk about CGI. This is the ultimate action film.
  • November 7, 2009
    Not so far from being one of the best action films ever made, Cameron's second sequel deserves respect, but not complete worshipping from the audiences. The cyberpunk feeling of the original is almost totally lost, but it is replaced with action brilliance, memorable one-liners, ...( read more)a solid follow-up to the apocalyptic story and a talented direction. "Hasta la vista, baby!" is the point where explosive sequences are unleashed, and the partial realism it had resulted in quality filmmaking. A more-than-a-nice piece of entertainment.

    85/100
  • November 6, 2009
    Classic... just a fuckin' classic.
  • November 5, 2009
    Arnold really cool being a hi-tech robo..
  • November 4, 2009
    good movie to watch.should see this
  • November 3, 2009
    La mejor de las peliculas de Arnold!
    Hasta la vista.. baby!

Critic Reviews


May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

It's Cameron's show; he's the reigning king of movie pow, with dark wit and a poet's eye for mayhem. T2 cost a reported $100 million, and you can actually see where the money went. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Nobody, I think, will complain that it doesn't have enough action. full review

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Comments


  • thedoctor2k7
    August 22, 2008
    awarsome film luved it from start to finish
  • aleydaplagge
    June 19, 2008
    Terminator 2 is one of my favorite movies!!
    Arnold Schwarzenegger is the perfect Terminator,anyone that says otherwise doesn't know what their talking about and should jump off a cliff
  • Fanged
    May 21, 2008
    "name one film where the sequel outshines the first one"
  • itbegins2005
    January 28, 2008
    There are not enough words to describe just how much I love this movie, and dammit, none of them are strong enough to convey the sheer intensity of awesomeness that this film produces. This is the one that got me into movies. It's better than anything Spielberg or Lucas ever dreamed up- better even than anything else Cameron himself has ever done. It is the apex of cinema- the pinnacle of storytelling, of action and effects, of drama and suspense. The only way I can truly sum this one up is in one word: Perfect.

    Eat it, Citizen Kane.
  • GymNetic25
    November 26, 2007
    This movie to me was way better than the first Terminator. I loved the fact that it was action packed and at the same time told a story. This film itself had a great cast of characters and not a hard to follow plot which always makes the movie better. I would def recommend this movie for everyone to see.
  • Self1er
    October 18, 2007
    I agreee with prodriguezuk, I love this movie, I saw it when I was a kid and have been loving it since then. they don't make movies like before, I'm watching it as I type this. Gawd I love this movie
  • prodriguezuk
    September 5, 2007
    Some one does need to create a skin for this movie, I would sell my own mother to be able to lose my memories of watching it before so that I could see it again for the first time and not know from the get go that Arnie is the good guy. The first time I realised Robert Patrick was the bad guy I got more excited than a middle aged woman at a chip'n'dales gig.

    Everything about this movie is awesome, the way the Terminator just keeps coming no matter what the fuck they do to it chills me to the bone!
  • sammiewashere04
    August 25, 2007
    i love this movie! its soooo good! better than the 1st and wayyy better than the 3rd!
  • daywalker1488
    April 16, 2007
    someone needs to create a skin for this movie
  • terminatorbrotown
    April 13, 2007
    MY FAV MOVIE EVER!!!

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