This remains one of the greatest and most adored action movies of the 90s.
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05/08/08
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:37
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.4/10
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
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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... [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong
Director: James Cameron
Reviews for Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Top CriticStructured as a simple chase, the story sags midway, but the first hour and last 30 minutes display an enjoyably relentless bravura.
06/24/06
Top CriticAt the end of both movies, I find myself overcome by an extraordinary swell of emotion.
07/23/03
They enhance the movie by introducing dangerous threats to the survival of the heroes, while retaining the all-important physical essence of the fear of the chase that made the first film so exciting.
11/03/01
Top CriticIt lacks the dark originality and tight storyline of the first film, but has more action, destruction, excitement and carnage (and tears) than 20 other competing science fiction films.
01/01/00
Top CriticPulls out the stops, setting the gold standard for expensive, explosive summer blockbusters.
05/25/09
Cameron directs with a huge amount of style and personality, effortlessly jumping from the $6.4 million original to the $88 million sequel.
05/22/09
...one of the most indelible examples of the contemporary action film...
05/21/09
A humongous, visionary parable that intermittently enthralls and ultimately disappoints. T2 is half of a terrific movie -- the wrong half.
05/18/09
Top CriticFor all its state-of-the-art pyrotechnics and breathtaking thrills, this bruisingly exciting movie never loses sight of its humanity. That's its point, and its pride.
05/18/09
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.
08/02/08
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 CriticA fireworks grand finale that never stops.
09/23/07
...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
Top CriticAs 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
Oh, it's well made. It's also overproduced and overlong and the ultimate in the effects-driven movie syndrome.
08/27/03
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 CriticDespite 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
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