Best Sequel Ever

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2006)

Usually sequels try to capitalise on the success of the first movie, replaying the same storyline, the same jokes, the same characters. T2 takes the story from the original Terminator, brings it forward, adds new characters, and takes the level of storytelling and special effects to a new high.
T2 takes the storyline and continues it, but not just cashing in, it gives more details, a background, and a future.
John Connor is a pre-teen (although the age discrepancy is actually quite funny) but even at this tender young age, he is a criminal: he steals money, knows more about firearms than the average army guy, and could handle himself in any situation. Sarah Connor is now a tough woman, locked up in a mental hospital for actually believing that Terminators exist. It's a plausible scenario.
The action is high class, plausible and adds to the story. James Cameron was testing his budget and the imaginations of those at Stan Winston's and it paid off.
This has got to be the best sequel ever- even better than the original.