The best sequel of all time!

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2005)

"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is an extremely good sequel to the sci-fi classic "The Terminator". Although I like the first movie much better, I think the second movie was pretty good for a sequel.
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in this film as the Terminator himself, except this time he is one of the heroes (which made him a big Hollywood star). Linda Hamilton also returns as Sarah Connor, one of the heroes, and she is much stronger than in the first movie. And Earl Boen returns as Dr. Silberman, possibly the most hated character in the first movie (and in my opinion, even more hated in this second film).
The new characters introduced are the menacing T-1000 (played by Robert Patrick) who is a menacing evil Terminator model, John Connor (Edward Furlong) who is Sarah Connor's son, and Miles Dyson (Joe Morton) who is the person responsible for the future war between the humans & the machines.
This sequel brilliantly focuses on all the main characters very well (although not as much as in the first film). A special bond is created between John Connor and the Terminator towards the end, and Sarah develops a special bond to her son.
The special effects in "Terminator 2" have improved greatly over the first film (although I like the first movie's special effects better for some reason). There were some spectacular explosions, and the T-1000's "liquid metal" effects were awesome and will remind hardcore-movie-fans of the watery creature in "The Abyss".
To sum up, there are many great things about "Terminator 2". Nevertheless, it lacks originality in some areas despite some new ideas & modern special effects. The original movie "The Terminator" was a more original film and was such a classic for its time in the 1980's. But still, the 2nd movie was pretty good for a sequel and it was very good.
I give this film a 10/10.