It's just not as good a film as The Terminator, despite soundly surpassing it in a few areas.
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12/16/09
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:38
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
US Box Office: $0
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
As appealing as the film’s visuals are, it’s really the heart and soul of the characters that make T2 transcend the summer sequel dumping ground.
09/09/02
It's an ambitious film that sometimes gets ahead of itself action-wise, but Cameron is a relentlessly good action-adventure auteur who manages to pull it off once again.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/11/02
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
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
This remains one of the greatest and most adored action movies of the 90s.
05/08/08
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
Nobody, I think, will complain that it doesn't have enough action.
01/01/00
Top CriticCameron 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
Has more than enough story, action, thrills and eye-popping special effects to satisfy even the most numbed moviegoers.
01/01/00
...a milestone in the evolution of action films and their now-omnipresent computer-generated imagery.
05/30/07
Arnold Schwarznegger is still the ultimate leathers-wearing, Harley-riding, lever-action shotgun-toting bad-***
03/19/03
A fireworks grand finale that never stops.
09/23/07
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticA true classic, though I still miss the grit and nuance of the original.
01/01/00
Less a sequel than a reimagining, an alternate and equally compelling take on the dark vision of the original.
08/13/02
Pulls out the stops, setting the gold standard for expensive, explosive summer blockbusters.
05/25/09
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.
03/23/03
With more than half a dozen extremely cool action sequences, it's not a couple of so-so scenes that will make it any less of an unforgettable movie, and one of the best crafted Hollywood action flicks I've seen.
09/10/02
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