An innovative trend-setter

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2007)

Terminator 2, like Star Wars before it and The Matrix after it, revolutionized movie making. I'm not exactly sure, but I believe T2 was the first movie to use CGI. One thing is for sure, they were certainly the first film to use CGI successfully. They brought to screen only what minds could imagine when they introduced the shape-shifting T-1000 Terminator.
T2 already had a set base as a story in the success of Terminator. T2 only built upon that success and made sure to one-up its predecessor. Besides the CGI there were some excellent shots and excellent scenes. Just to name a few: when T800 (Schwarzenegger) rescues John Connor on the motorcycle, the amazing slow-mo scene when Sarah Connor attempts to escape the hospital only to come face to face with the T800, and the fight scene between the T800 and the T1000 (Robert Patrick).
T2 was a trend setter and a trailblazer, even other movies adopted abbreviating their title. The action was just right. Not too much, not too little, and not over the top to make you think, "Absolutely impossible." T2 was very well directed, as it had to be to overcome the poor acting of the three lead actors. It was an instant classic that will continue to be referenced forever.