A master sequel by a master filmmaker

Rating: Null/10 (25 February 2019)

Although the original is a better film this sequel to the Terminator is a magnificent piece of filmmaking combining both- a great narrative and state of the art visual effects to tell a story which is based on speculation and yet manages to touch a chord. James Cameron's sequel sees some changes. The Terminator played by Arnold is a "good guy" here(T-800), sent back time from the future to save and assist the young John Connor from the clutches of an even more foe- the dangerous T-1000(played eerily by Robert Patrick). Terminator 2 has become such an important part of popular culture (thanks to its religious showing on every cable network everywhere on earth) that it seems strange to imagine someone who hasn't seen it, or knows the most famous scenes verbatim. Terminator 2 is what every sequel should be like. But then not everyone is James Cameron.