When he say "I'll b back" he wasn't kidding.

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2013)

OK, that's the thing with James Cameron, when he announces something it takes almost a decade to come out (still waiting for Avatar 2 and 3). Same thing with "The Terminator: Judgment Day", after the great success of "The Terminator" Cameron received letters and desperate requests to he make a sequel and then he promised he would. 6 years have passed, Cameron had time to do the Excellent "Aliens" and the underrated "The Abyss", and finally in 1991 came this film, and every minute of the wait was worth it! "The Terminator: Judgement Day" is still considered one of the best sequels ever made, not by critics who said that was not even at the level of his predecessor, but by fans who won over the years. Cameron made both classic films totally different, and unforgettable !
The story begins 10 years after the events of the 1st movie and we found Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) arrested in a rehabilitation clinic accused of attacks of madness and visions with killer robots and the end of the world to come thanks to a nuclear war. On the other side of the story we have John Connor (Edward Furlong), the prodigal son of Sarah Connor, the future leader of the human resistance against the machines, a rebellious and troublemaker boy living with adoptive parents (the characteristics of a true leader, nothing like a suffered childhood to build a strong warrior). But as in the first, a killing machine was sent to kill Sarah Connor and prevent the birth of John, in this one a machine is sent to assassinate John, this work is now up to an advanced model of Terminator the T-1000 (Robert Patrick). But just like in the 1st film, the resistance sends someone to protect him in this one, not a beautiful blonde soldier this time but a T-101 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
In the 1st movie, Cameron picked sci - fi and action elements evolving them, here he takes on its own material and evolves it to a new level. The critics considered that a more expensive copy, but fans considered a MAGNIFICENT recycling taking everything bigger and bolder. While the 1st movie had a dark and violent tone, and the feel of a thriller, on this one Cameron takes everything to a more personal and dramatic side and even to a philosophical tone at a point. All this thanks to Schwarzenegger character suffering (positively) a big change, while in the 1st movie audiences cheered for his destruction and threw insults after insults, putting him on lists of the greatest movie villains. In this he reveals himself as the savior of both Connors, swearing allegiance and obedience to protect both with his life (in fact he was programed to defend them, but in both ways will all lead to the big show), leaving the audience cheering for him and the Connors by every passing minute .
From the philosophical point , is the reason that the Terminator it is also programmed to understand the human senses and feelings, not only to understand their weaknesses, but through an excellent narrative that goes with the film giving several scenes between John and the machine and its relationship protector for friendship. And at the same time with this, Cameron starts a vision of human values in various scenes that lead to an amazing final message that make everyone reflect (it was also here that Cameron began to make some critical reflections in all his films).
Reflections and relationships at a side, the part when I said that Cameron took everything to a new level, I mean everything. The action of the 1st film, was shootout in police stations and car chases at night. In this one we have two killing machines tearing limbs and throwing each other through walls and FREAKING AWESOME and huge car chases (like I said, recycling at its best). But it was not just the action that had a huge evolution, but also the stunning visual effects that the film contains (and very advanced for its time).
In levels of performances, Schwarzenegger after the 1st film he entered on the map, on this one he definitely gets to be the iconic face of the action genre; Linda Hamilton in the first was a fragile waitress seeing her life suffering from a huge changeover, in this one she became the human exterminator, showing that after the death of her love one she had to learn how to survive alone (and very well by the way).
Many fall trying to decide which Cameron's Terminator is the best, for me is hard to say which is above the other. Both have completely different tones and many different aspects and both truly unforgettable, and both received the same title of being the best action movie ever made but Cameron showed that it could be much more than that. With superb performances, stunning visuals and breathtaking action, both "Terminators" are both classics to be remembered forever!
10/10