The Best Sequel Ever Made! 9,5/10

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2004)

After the release of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", we all knew James Cameron was the best director for sequels. He had already proved that a sequel could surpass the original with "Aliens", but with this one, he took it to a whole new level. The story of the 1984 hit thriller "The Terminator" is about a cyborg machine sent back through time to kill the future-mother of a military leader who will supposedly, take mankind to victory against the machines in an upcoming war. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" takes us about 13 years later. Sarah Connor is now in a mental institution after trying to blow up Cyberdyne. Her now-born-son, John Connor lives with his foster parents. But when a terminator called T-1000 comes to kill John, his only hope lies with the same terminator that once tried to kill his mother. Together, they will help Sarah to escape from the mental institution, destroy Cyberdyne to avoid judgment day and fight a metal-liquid made terminator, that seems invincible. What is so great with this movie is two things: the special effects and the script. James Cameron truly wrote a script superior to the original ad added more depth to the story. The special effects by Stan Winston are truly remarkable. They introduced CGI Animation to the world, long before
"Jurassic Park" or "The Matrix", to create some of the most impressive stunts and effects ever made with a movie. If James Cameron hadn't done"Titanic" a few years after that, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" would've been his masterpiece. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives his best performance in career as the good terminator to battle the invincible T-1000, played remarkably by Robert Patrick. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" came out on July 3rd, 1991, and took in more than $500 million worldwide, including $204 million in the U.S. alone. It wasn't only a movie, it was a phenomenon. I give "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" a very good 9.5/10