'Terminator 2' is the King of Action movies and the King of Sequels- At least that's how I view this epic masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2013)

Terminator 2 Judgment Day is a 1991 Epic Sci Fi Action movie that focuses the story around John Connor a middle aged boy who is in the future, destined to be the leader of men against an army of machines. John ends up leading man kind to victory and so two Terminators, killing machines, have been sent back in time to eliminate him as a boy and change the future so that the machines win the war and wipe out man kind.
From the synopsis to the movie, everyone just straight up assumes that this movie is an action movie with some cool moments. Are they right? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Terminator 2 is a movie that teaches you a great deal about humanity, such as why they shouldn't be eliminated for a greater good. It really is a heart warming film with so many redeeming moments which make T2 a far better movie than Terminator 1, which itself is a straight TEN out of TEN from me.
Why do I love this movie so much? Well the acting in the movie is actually very good. Arnold Schwarzenegger actually does a great job in the movie playing the Terminator. Patrick Stewart does a great job playing the T-1000 and Edward Furlong, despite all complaints, to me, delivers a great performance. This is a performance that make me relate to John and not the guy who played him in the third movie. Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor was fantastic in this movie and her character really grew so much from the last movie.
Terminator 2 is the king of action movies to me, delivering some absolute breath taking action scenes and some classical comic relief. The film also has a fantastic soundtrack to it making the tone of the movie all the more deeper.
Terminator 2, along with the Empire Strikes Back, The Two Towers, Return of the King, Aliens, Godfather Part II and the Dark Knight is deserving a title for the greatest sequel of all time. Seriously, everything that made the first film great is put into this film just with so much more depth making the film easily exceed people's expectations.
This film also has some of the most mind-blowing Special effects that actually feel like they were made in 2010. The special effects certainly hold up and it is pretty evident that Cameron had a far bigger budget for this movie than he did with the original.
However, the highlight of the film isn't the action, its not everything about humanity but its actually the relationship between John and the Terminator! Seriously, this is one of the greatest bonds in movie history. John, a jerk at the start is able to learn the qualities that make people human and he is able to teach this to a thing that is far less understanding, a killing machine. The way their relationship works is absolutely brilliant and is the scene stealer.
Terminator 2 is a whole lot better than the original in every way; a bigger, budget, better acting, more fleshed out characters, better special effects and a whole greater story. This movie easily holds up as my second favorite movie of all time, behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
For any who have not seen Terminator 2, which is hard to believe, MUST do so right now as it is pretty much the king of all action movies and one of the greatest sequels of all time to a fantastic duology- that's right. The last two don't exist. This film is an absolute must see and in fact, its pretty much impossible to tell what you'll be missing out on if you don't see this film---Its Cameron's masterpiece! Check it out....Or 'He'll be back!'