For 1991, Miles ahead of its time in action & story

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2002)

In 1991, t2 set the bar so high in the realm of action/adventure movies that it still remains to this day one of the great action movies of all time. As time as passed, special effects have become more integrated into the action genre, as, frankly, they have always been. And they have become quite outstanding. But few of them today suspend disbelief as well as T2 continues to do. Movies like Matrix and the James Bond movies have great sequences, but I cannot compare them even marginally to the chase sequence in this film between the helicopter and police cargo van (look at the T1000 on one of the close-ups during this sequence, because he actually has 3 hands!!!). And the hydrogen bomb sequence blows my mind every time I see it.
I have seen this film no less than two dozen times, most recently on our new surround sound system. I notice something new than astonishes me.
This movie is near the top of a short list that makes up the greatest all time movies I have ever seen.