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
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This remains one of the greatest and most adored action movies of the 90s. Full Review |
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Structured as a simple chase, the story sags midway, but the first hour and last 30 minutes display an enjoyably relentless bravura. Full Review |
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4/4 |
At the end of both movies, I find myself overcome by an extraordinary swell of emotion. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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It 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. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Pulls out the stops, setting the gold standard for expensive, explosive summer blockbusters. Full Review |
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Cameron directs with a huge amount of style and personality, effortlessly jumping from the $6.4 million original to the $88 million sequel. Full Review |
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4/4 |
...one of the most indelible examples of the contemporary action film... Full Review |
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A humongous, visionary parable that intermittently enthralls and ultimately disappoints. T2 is half of a terrific movie -- the wrong half. Full Review |
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For 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. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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.
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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. Full Review |
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5/5 |
A fireworks grand finale that never stops. Full Review |
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9/10 |
...a milestone in the evolution of action films and their now-omnipresent computer-generated imagery. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is an enjoyable, often exhilarating piece of filmmaking, with a wry sense of humor to boot. Full Review |
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As a fancy mechanism fueled by the pleasure of watching legions of people and equipment being summarily destroyed, this is pretty hot stuff. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Oh, it's well made. It's also overproduced and overlong and the ultimate in the effects-driven movie syndrome.
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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4/4 |
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. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Arnold Schwarznegger is still the ultimate leathers-wearing, Harley-riding, lever-action shotgun-toting bad-*** Full Review |
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