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Bookmark this pageTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Director: James Cameron
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Having failed, in Cameron's impressive original, to prevent the birth of future resistance leader John Connor, the machines running the world in 2029 again send a cyborg to our era to kill him off as an unruly LA teenager (Furlong). Again, too, the resistance responds by sending the boy a protector: a T800 cyborg (Schwarzenegger) physically identical to the one which formerly laid siege to John's mom Sarah (Hamilton). That Arnie is now a good guy is one twist; the other is that he's the underdog, since the T1000 (Patrick) despatched by the machines is far more sophisticated, constructed from liquid steel so that it can adopt the appearance of anyone or anything it chooses. The film is much the same as its predecessor, except that the effects are more spectacular, there's a lumbering anti-nuke subtext, and the script's good-natured wit is undercut by the sentimentality of Arnie's becoming a caring cyborg. Structured as a simple chase, the story sags midway, but the first hour and last 30 minutes display an enjoyably relentless bravura.Author: GA
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- Tina said...
- Posted on Aug 15 2007 13:47 I love this film. I love all the Terminator films, they are fantastic, although the third isn't as good as the first two. There are rumours of a fourth film, with Arnold in a cameo role, bring it on.
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Cast & crew
Director: James Cameron
Producer: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S Epatha Merkerson, Xander Berkeley, Jenette Goldstein full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 135 mins
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