A great action film, one of the best!

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2004)

Is this better than T1? Well in my opinion not quite. Arnold is the Terminator and it wouldn't have been the same if he hadn't returned, but I always feel he is better as the bad guy, and I liked the dark eerie style of the first film. This film does however feature some insanely massive set pieces and the action is upped from the originals 6 million budget to this films 100 million budget. Cameron's direction is tense and the imaginative story once again is made simple to allow for the characters to hold the movie rather than a complex plot. Arnold again dominates the screen with his presence while Robert Patrick is equally menacing as the advanced model the T-1000. This movie features some groundbreaking effects and still looks fantastic 11 years after its release. *****