A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah
Connor, must now protect her young son, John Connor, from a more advanced
cyborg, made out of liquid metal.
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, William Wisher Jr. (as
William Wisher)
Stars: Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
Storyline
Almost 15 years have passed since the first cyborg called
The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John Connor. John
Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is now a healthy young boy.
However another Terminator is sent back through time called the T-1000, which
is more advanced and more powerful than its predecessor. The Mission: to kill John Connor when he's still
a child. However, Sarah and John do not have to face this threat of a
Terminator alone. Another Terminator is also sent back through time. The
mission: to protect John and Sarah Connor at all costs. The battle for tomorrow
has begun.
Box Office
Budget: $102,000,000 (estimated)
Gross: $204,843,350 (USA)
User Reviews
Who
said sequels aren't any good? "Terminator 2" is the ultimate sequel,
a big bad wolf ready to chomp the head off of anyone who crosses its path. It's
dark, it's mean, and it's one tough movie. It's not as bleak as the first film,
at least in terms of visuals, but rather has a new kind of bluish-tint that
supplies a great backdrop to the ongoing battle between man and machine.
If
there was ever a contemporary mainstream visionary director, it is James
Cameron. Here we've got Cameron's real thoughts on the series, those repressed
by a low budget in the original film. He lets loose here, filling every frame
with hard-boiled action and special effects. He introduces a liquid metal
Terminator that he wanted to use in the first film, but graphic processors and
CGI were not advanced enough in 1984, at least not advanced enough to work on
the low means he had to film the original. So his original dream is finally
unveiled, and good golly, is it wonderful.
Yeah,
he's "back." Arnold
(like he needs any introduction?) returns as The Terminator, Series T-101,
Model T-800, an indestructible cyborg sent from the future to assassinate Sarah
Connor (Linda Hamilton) in the first film. Well, it's 1991. New film. New
mission. He has to save the future resistance leader of mankind who will
ultimately defeat the machines of the future, John Connor (Edward Furlong),
Sarah's 11-year-old son. (Though his age has been switched from 11 to 13 and
back to 9 over the years, with no help from the third film that takes place in
2003, yet claims he was 13 in 1991 though his age doesn't match with his age in
the third. We'll just leave it at 11 in this film. Got that?)
Another
model Terminator, the T-1000 (Robert Patrick), has been sent back to 1991
programmed to annihilate John Connor. Which explains Arnold's appearance. Arnold, an undoubtedly lesser opponent
compared to the T-1000, has to help save the day and learn to appreciate
humanity. It won't be easy. First, he has to find John Connor, who is a
rebellious angst-driven pre-teen living with foster parents. Then, together
they have to break into the local loony hospital and release Sarah from the
clutches of Dr. Silberman (Earl Boen), who believes Sarah is delusional. (You
may remember Silberman as the psychiatrist from the first film, too.) Then,
they have to stop a computer chip designer (Joe Morton) from creating the first
version of a SkyNet computer, modeled after a destroyed chip his employment
company discovered at a large mechanical warehouse. (Which is, of course, the
chip from the destroyed T-800 of the first film.)
