A good action movie, but a few plot holes left made it weaker

Rating: 7/10 (25 November 2018)

This movie is good. you've got everything for a good action movie ; all the explosion, heart pumping, etc.
Nonetheless, I was disappointed. The first one is an action / sci-fi masterpiece. sure, some visual effects seem a bit old now, but who cares?
In this one, the visuals are great. some of the computer effects are better than in new movies (26 years later!). what really made it less good for me were two things.
The first thing doesn't include spoilers really ; it's that they tell you EVERYTHING. While in the first one, the superb script writing leaves you cluelessly curious for most of the film, this one essentially tells you everything from the very start. Ok sure, the first one already existed, so it had less of a novelty effect, but nonetheless, here they really leave no room for curiosity to grow, which I found of course, less thrilling.
The second thing is... all the plot holes! Really, some things I could not get my head around. the first is, of course, why would the machines send the t-1000, more advanced model terminator, later in the past, than in the first part? Of course, for this film they had to think up some new, novel way to entertain people - a new, more advanced terminator seemed a good way, but this one is just over the top! why wouldn't the machines send that one? it doesn't make too much sense.
A few other plot holes popped up along the way - more bothersome than this one in my opinion, but no examples come to mind now. nonetheless, how ever small they were, they stoped me from fully enjoying the picture.
Basically, it's a good movie, but in no way does it compare to the first one, and it does have many plot holes.