Lived up to expectations

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2003)

I saw this movie on the first week of its release after an enormous amount of hype. At the time I would have ranked Terminator as amongst my top 5 all time favourite movies. Normally after such expectations a movie flops. But no, this one was better than the first. I highly recommend seeing Terminator and Terminator II, as I believe them to be the best action sci-fi movies of all time. They also have an excellent man-machine ethics theme and of course the old time-travel brain*^%$, much loved by sci-fi audiences. It explores the ethics of science, the weight of pre-destiny, and challenges the unquestioned wisdom of building robotic servants as they approach cognitive self-awareness. Its also entertaining, which is always a plus. I love this movie, I think you will too, especially if you love Alien/Aliens or other Arnie movies.