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User Reviews for: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Whitsbrain
9/10  2 years ago
"The Terminator" is a great movie but "Terminator 2" expands the story and adds even more action. Every moment that Robert Patrick's T-1000 terminator is on the screen is gold. When the T-1000 is frozen, shattered, and then reformed, it's a Hall-of-Fame Sci-Fi moment.

The music that accompanies the T-1000's appearances on-screen is like an alarm that warning you there's trouble, as if the sight of it running after you at high speed isn't already enough.

I think the biggest kick for me is the T-1000's ability to form "knives and stabbing weapons" (to quote Arnold's T-101), which it uses to kill, pry, torture, etc.

Schwarzenegger is great as the now human-friendly T-101. I love the way his cyborg becomes ultra-aggressive and attacks the T-1000 late in the film. I'm not sure I'm very big on the John Connor character. His behavior is the only thing that dates the film. I think his relationship with the T-101 brings some unwelcome corniness to the ending.

I watched the "Extreme DVD" edition of "Terminator 2" and it adds a number of scenes to the theatrical version that clear up some of the questions I had. For example, in the scene where the T-1000 has Sarah call for John in the steel mill. I always wondered why it didn't just kill Sarah and imitate her voice and appearance. As it turns out this occurs after the T-1000 has been frozen, shattered, and reformed. Several moments in between these events reveals that the liquid terminator is malfunctioning, which could explain why it needed Sarah to call out to John. It isn't just a case of being afraid to kill off main characters after all.

"T2" is another James Cameron classic and if you haven't seen it you're missing out on a great film.
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