Disappointing (may contain spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (27 October 2000)

This film is a sequel, and therefore has to be measured against the original. In this films case, it should never have been made. Why ?. Simple, first of all the entire premise of this film. Arnie was sent back in the first film, he is a T-101, and no other T-101 looks like him. After all, imagine an infiltration unit, and they all look the same. Skynet is not stupid, it would not produce such a machine and then make them all look the same, the first film shows that in the scene where a T-101 infiltrates the Resistance underground base, that T-101 is not Arnie, therefore, in order for Arnie to play the role of the T-101 in this film, it has to be the exact same Terminator sent back in the original film, which means that the T-101 Arnie in the future, before being sent back to 1984, has to be captured and re-programmed to be sent back in the second film BEFORE he is sent back in the first film, which in turn means he cant be sent back in the first film, Reece is not the father of John Conner, and Sarah Conners' life follows its original path, which means that the T-1000 is not sent back in time, which means that Arnie is not sent back in the second film either, leading to no films what so ever!!!. Due to all this, Arnie should not have been in this film in the first place. This massive piece of overlooked common sense that Cameron, in his hasty effort at making the (then) most expensive film ever, leads to this film falling at the first step. Onto the film itself, i like the way Sarah Conners' charactor has developed, the torture of being stuck in a psycho hospital, knowing that in a few years the human race would be at the brink of extinction and her attempts to train her son et al. Which leads me to Edward Furlong. What can i say about John that hasnt already been said. The most high pitched, whiney irritating little kid charactor in the same league as Macauly Culkin, or whatever his name is, of Home Alone fame. Thankfully, he has redeemed himself with his excellent performance in American History X. Next up, the miracle that is Arnie in this film. A Terminator. Smiling. Now, i know this film is supposed to be far more "human" than the first film, but come on Cameron!, this is stupid ! ! !. A Terminator who takes centuries in making decisions. For example, near the end, when the T-1000 has just been frozen, and begins to defrease, how long does Arnie take to start moving ? An age, thats how long. Ok, you can understand Johns reaction to this, but a T-101's? And then of course, theres the old "sunglasses" right at the beginning. The reason the T-101 in the first film puts on black sunglassess is because he has only one "human" seeming eye, but in this film, hes' just trying to look cool. A machine (sentient though it is), making a fashion statement. Along to the T-1000. Robert Patrick was probably the major redeeming factor, however implausible (if he can retain clothing after it being burnt of him, frozen and blasted to bits, et al, how come he cant come through time with clothes on ?), was excellent. OK, no where near as good as Arnie, and special effects are no match for the sheer intimadation factor of Arnie in T1, but nonetheless, all things considered, he did a very good job, considering that he wasnt in the film for half its running time as the good guys galavanted around doing there thing. Which brings me to the absolutely ludicrous act of destroying cyberdyne.
James, lets just go through this: Cyberdyne creates Skynet, Skynet trashes humans, humans fight Skynet, Skynet loses, Skynet sends T-101 back in the first film, it fails, Skynet sends T-1000 back in T2, it fails. Hold on a second, if Cyberdyne is destroyed in T2, then Skynet is not created, Skynet cannot trash humans cause it doesnt exist. Therefore, T-101 is not sent back, T-1000 is not sent back, Terminator does not happen, niether does T2. Now, some of you can say, i am looking way to deep into films, but i dont think so, its just common sence, without cyberdyne creating skynet, Judgement day does not occur ! ! !. What was the point in these films ? ! ! !. So, lets finish this, as an action film, 8-10, as a sequel, even c****er than M:I2, 0-10.