Worst sequel of all time

Rating: 2/10 (10 November 2002)

Think I'm joking? I'm not. I would go so far as to say that if you saw and understood The Terminator, then saw and understood T2, you could only like the sequel if concepts such as consistency and plot integrity were of no value to you whatsoever. If you like a cheap grab-bag of special effects tacked onto the top of a cynical, lazy effort to rehash the original film and make loads of money, I can see why you might like T2. As a sequel to one of the most intelligent action films of the 80s, however, this is an abomination of a movie. If you think the two stories can be viewed as mutually compatible, you have a very poor grasp of the logic and metaphysics of the narrative universe set up in The Terminator. Basically Cameron and Wisher set out their rules in The Terminator, and then proceed to break them at every step here, hoping that the audience will be too stupid to notice or care. Sadly, for the most part they were proved correct.