Good action movie, but strays too close to Terminator 1's formula

Rating: 7/10 (12 May 2016)

This is by no means a bad movie. I love the performances all around, the action is great, the directing is very smooth and I was overall very fond to stepping into the Terminator universe once more. That being said, while this sequel is certainly more ambitious in it's set pieces, I enjoyed the first one a lot more.
The plot follows the same structure, except Arnold is casted differently. The first half of the movie fleshes out the characters and their motivations. It definitely sucked me in. The second half consisted of mostly just metal, bullets, trucks and explosions. The ending was kind of predictable. All in all, it was very entertaining and polished, but I don't think the film had anything significant to add on the first.