Arguably best action movie ever made

Rating: Null/10 (19 November 2004)

Every time i see this movie i am amazed at how well it still stands the test of time. When i first saw it i felt it was the best action movie ever made, and i still think that when i see it today. The pace, the effects, the music, the pulse raising action...
The story is probably known to most people. Two machines come back from the future looking for John Connor. One of them to protect him, one to kill him. Both because of what he will become later in life, the leader of the resistance against the machines.
To begin with, the casting is perfect. Arnold Schwarzenegger is his usual mechanical self, Robert Patrick is brilliant as the evil liquid-metal T1000. Edward Furlong has just the right amount of cockiness to pull off the part of the troubled John Connor. And Linda Hamilton is simply amazing as the hardest woman on screen since Ripley in Aliens.
But what makes this film so great? It's the special touch that James Cameron seems to have. His ability to turn a great budget into a great film (instead of just an overblown b-movie like for instance the horrible "Chronicles of Riddick"). He uses the millions of dollars in an intelligent way and makes a truly magnificent action movie. He can make your heart pound like few others as the movie races to it's magnificent finale. I don't know exactly how Cameron does it, or what it is he has, but i can say this: it's a shame he doesn't make action films any more.
So if you're tired of all the modern action films failing to deliver. All those movies with high budgets and big explosions that still refuses to make your heart pound, then revisit Terminator 2. It's the best there is (in competition with perhaps "Aliens") and i have a hard time seeing how any movie could surpass this one in the near future. It's a 9/10 and as recommended as can be.