Arnies" all time kick-up

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2002)

The debate about whether The Terminator or T2 is the better movie is, i believe,entirely pointless since they are essentially the same movie; i prefer to regard one as a continuation of the other with the difference that in T2 James Cameron had a $100 million dollar budget! On the first night in London there was nearly a riot to get into the Odeon to see it,but i managed it and saw it another six times before i had had enough. The crucial difference to T1 is of course the introduction of Robert Patrick as the "liquid metal" T-1000 [what happened to Ts801-999 ?] who gives an outstanding performance filled with menace in his sigle minded pursuit of young John Connor.The special effects are incredible especially the "nuke" scene which a radio commentator described as a "toilet moment" i.e. so traumatic that he had to rush out to the toilet rather than face it! Some aspects of T2 make more sense if you see the special edition, but together the two movies form the best Science Fiction Movie ever.10/10 or ***** P.S Those who like the time travel and cyborg elements of T1+T2 will find the New Outer Limits episodes "A Stitch In Time" and "The Camp" respectively,right up their street!