Truly one of the best sequels ever made

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2015)

It's hard to believe that Terminator 2 is over 20 years old and even today it's considered a masterpiece and Arnold Schwarzenegger's best. As a matter of fact, I'm the same age as the movie! I mean the first Terminator movie is a classic also and gave both Arnold and director James Cameron their big break. But Terminator 2 is what cemented it all and took the franchise to a whole new level. I mean pretty much everything about it is excellent: the acting, the writing, the action scenes, the music, the visual effects and the characters. It even had a couple of surprises and twists for us as well.
One of the things I love most about movie is the relationship between John Connor and the Terminator which how John bonds with the machine and teaches it how to be more human and understand the importance of human life and emotion. In fact, the Terminator becomes a father figure (similar to how Ripley becomes a mother figure to Newt in Aliens).
As for the acting, everyone knows Arnold Schwarzenegger can't act, but still you got to love him as the Terminator because that was the role he was born to play. Also Linda Hamilton was incredible reprising her role as a heroine specializing in guns and weapons. And this movie was a nice introduction to Edward Furlong since this was his first movie and he managed to pull off as a rebellious kid yet always tries to do the right thing. And Robert Patrick made an even better villain who is menacing, intimidating and powerful. In fact, he was almost unstoppable if it wasn't for that steel mill.
So in conclusion, Terminator 2 is one of my favourite movies of all time, as it is for many other people as well. I just wished they hadn't made the two other sequels. I mean Terminator 3 was disappointing but Terminator 4 was okay but I haven't seen Terminator 5 yet. I mean it got bad reviews but a lot of fans seemed to have enjoyed it. Even James Cameron said he liked it so maybe I'll give it a try when it comes out on DVD. But I seriously doubt it could as epic as Terminator 2.