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Terminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 action-science fiction film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong and Robert Patrick. It picks up around ten years after the events of The Terminator and follows Sarah Connor, her 10-year-old son John and a protector from the future (as in the first film), as they try to prevent Judgment Day, a day in the future when machines will begin to exterminate the human race.

T2 was a significant box office and critical success. It had an impact on popular culture, and is considered by many to be hugely influential in the genres of action and science fiction.[1] The film's visual effects include many breakthroughs in computer-generated effects, marking the first use of natural human motion for a CG character and the first computer-generated main character.[2] The film won several awards including four Academy Awards for makeup, sound mixing, sound editing and visual effects.

Eleven years after Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) destroyed the original Terminator that was programmed to kill her, two Terminators arrive in Los Angeles from the year 2029. The first is a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) identical to the one that Sarah first encountered, while the second (Robert Patrick) is a new model which assumes the identity of a police officer. John Connor (Edward Furlong) is now a 10 year old living with foster parents. He has had an unusual childhood, with his mother Sarah constantly preparing him to fulfill his destiny as the leader of the future human resistance. Sarah's experiences have made her tougher and more vigilant, but also desperate to warn humanity about the coming apocalypse. After attempting to bomb a computer factory, Sarah is arrested and remanded to the Pescadero State Hospital for the Criminally Insane under the supervision of Dr. Silberman.

Meanwhile, the Terminators locate John Connor in a mall. After John is rescued and a chase through the L.A. storm drain channels, the original Terminator escapes with John on his motorcycle. The Terminator explains that he is reprogrammed by the future John Connor to protect and obey John's younger self. The other Terminator is a T-1000, an advanced new prototype programmed to kill John. It is made of "a mimetic polyalloy", a liquid metal that allows it to take the shape and appearance of anything it touches. It can also shape parts of itself into knives and other stabbing weapons.

Upon learning that the T-1000 will likely kill Sarah and then mimic her to lure John, John orders the Terminator to help free her. Initially, Sarah is terrified by the Terminator; but after seeing it fight off the T-1000, she accepts that they need its help. As they escape the city, the Terminator informs John and Sarah about Skynet, the sentient computer system that will nearly wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic nuclear attack on "Judgment Day". Sarah learns that the man most directly responsible for Skynet is Miles Bennett Dyson (Joe Morton), a Cyberdyne Systems engineer working on a revolutionary new microprocessor that will form the basis for Skynet.

Sarah, John, and the Terminator eventually arrive in the desert at the camp of Enrique Salceda, Sarah's old friend, who has preserved an underground weapons cache in case of war. Sarah plans to take John and flee into Mexico. While at this camp, the Terminator begins to learn about human emotions as it bonds more closely with John. Sarah then has, once again a horrific nightmare of a nuclear explosion and wakes up with strengthened resolve. After she leaves abruptly, John and the Terminator see the words "No Fate", carved into a table earlier by Sarah, and deduce that she is planning to change the future by killing Dyson. At Dyson's home, Sarah shoots Dyson in the arm but finds herself unable to kill him in front of his family. After John and the Terminator arrive, they inform Dyson of the consequences of his research and convince him that they must destroy everything related to his chip design, including the CPU and arm from the previous Terminator.

Sarah, John, the Terminator, and Dyson break into the Cyberdyne Systems building and retrieve the parts from the first Terminator. While preparing explosives to destroy all of Dyson's research, security alerts the police, who show up in force. The Terminator manages to destroy most of the police vehicles without breaking his earlier promise to John to refrain from killing. The SWAT team mortally wounds Dyson, who stays behind to trigger the detonator. Sarah, John, and the Terminator escape in a SWAT van with the T-1000 in pursuit, first in a helicopter and then in a liquid nitrogen truck. The truck crashes into a steel mill, causing the tank to rupture and spill liquid nitrogen everywhere, freezing the T-1000. The Terminator shatters him, whereupon the pieces thaw and reassemble. The T-1000 threatens to kill Sarah unless she calls to John; but the Model 101 intervenes. The Terminators fight hand-to-hand, with the T-1000 stabbing the Model 101 through the power cell with a metal pole, deactivating him. The T-1000, now disguised as Sarah, goes to hunt John but is revealed when the real Sarah shoots him. The Terminator reactivates itself using an alternate power source (in the DVD it's explained to be a thermal generator, fueled by the surrounding heat from the molten steel) and arrives on a rotating gear. He fires the last grenade into the T-1000, causing it to deform and fall into the molten steel below.

Having destroyed the T-1000, John throws the parts from the first Terminator into the steel; but the Terminator says that he too must be destroyed to prevent his technology from being used to create Skynet. Since the Terminator cannot self-terminate, Sarah must lower him into the steel using a winch. As the Terminator says goodbye, Sarah shakes his hand in a gesture of respect, and John tearfully begs him to stay. The Terminator reveals a newfound understanding of human emotions but insists that he must be destroyed. As he sinks into the molten steel, he gives a "thumbs up" signal. The film ends with a voice-over from Sarah: "The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too."

Cast

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator
• Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor. It was Hamilton who suggested Sarah become psychotic in the intervening years after her first encounter with the Terminators.[3]
• Edward Furlong as John Connor
• Robert Patrick as the T-1000
• Earl Boen as Dr. Peter Silberman
• Joe Morton as Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Tarissa Dyson
• Castulo Guerra as Enrique Salceda
• Danny Cooksey as Tim
• Jenette Goldstein as Janelle Voight
• Ken Gibbel as Douglas

Schwarzenegger received a salary of $12–15 million for his role as the Terminator.[4][5] Linda Hamilton's twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Gearren doubled in the film as the T-1000 Sarah and Sarah Connor's mirror reflection in a deleted scene. Billy Idol was Cameron's original choice for the T-1000, and Cameron had drawn storyboards to resemble him, but Idol could not accept the role following a motorcycle accident.[6]

Production

Shooting began on October 9, 1990 and was completed on April 4, 1991.[7] Most of the key Terminator effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic for computer graphics and Stan Winston for practical effects. The external shots of Cyberdyne Systems Corporation were filmed on location at an office building on the corner of Gateway Boulevard and Bayside Parkway in Fremont, California.

According to the "Extreme Edition" DVD special features, Linda Hamilton's twin sister Leslie was used in scenes that required two Sarahs. She is the mirror image of Sarah in the scene where they open up the Terminator's head, and in the scene where the T-1000 impersonates Sarah, she is whichever one is farthest from the camera, alternating between the real Sarah and the T-1000 based on camera position. Another set of twins, Don and Dan Stanton, were used to play the mental hospital security guard and the T-1000 copying him.

It was also mentioned in one of the DVD special features that James Cameron nearly removed Edward Furlong from the project after Furlong messed up his lines out of nervousness from being in the same scene as Linda Hamilton, in a scene that was ultimately deleted (in which the Connors attempt to reboot the Terminator), but Cameron was persuaded by casting director Mali Finn to give Furlong one more chance. At that point, Furlong was able to deliver his lines without any problems. The scene is available in the Extreme and Ultimate editions of the DVD.

The sawed-off shotgun used by Schwarzenegger throughout the film was a modified Winchester Model 1887 12ga lever-action shotgun, modified especially for the film to allow it to be "flip-cocked" by the actor in several of the film's scenes.

Release

Box office

The movie was made for approximately $100 million,[8] and at the time was the most expensive movie ever made. It was a box-office success, earning $204.8 million in the United States alone, and was the highest grossing film of 1991, beating Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.[8] The original Terminator grossed only $38 million in the U.S. in its theatrical run,[9] making Terminator 2's 434% increase a record for a sequel.

Upon its release, the theatrical cut ran 137 minutes. On November 24, 1993, the Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Special Edition cut of the film was released to Laserdisc and VHS, containing 17 minutes of never-before-seen footage including scenes with Michael Biehn reprising his role as Kyle Reese in a dream sequence. The subsequent "Ultimate Edition" and "Extreme Edition" DVD releases also contain this version of the film.

Critical reception

The Montreal Film Journal calls it "one of the best crafted Hollywood action flicks."[10] Screenwriting guru Syd Field lauds the plot of Terminator 2, saying, for example, "every scene sets up the next, like links in a chain of dramatic action."[11] The film was placed #33 on Total Film's 2006 list of The Top 100 Films of All Time.[12]

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, scoring a perfect 100% on the popular review-aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes[13] and 69/100 on the similarly themed Metacritic.[14]

At the 64th Academy Awards, the film won four Academy Awards: Best Sound, Best Make Up, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound Editing.[15] It was nominated for two additional Academy Awards, Best Cinematography and Film Editing. It also won big at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. The film took Best Movie and Best Action Sequence, Linda Hamilton won Best Female Performance and Most Desirable Female, Edward Furlong Best Breakthrough Performance and Arnold Schwarzenegger won Best Male Performance.

In 2003, The American Film Institute released its list of the 100 greatest screen heroes and villains of all time. The Terminator appeared as number 48 on the list of heroes for its appearance in T2, as well as number 22 on the list of villains for its appearance in the first Terminator. This is the only instance where the "same" character appears on both lists, though technically they are different characters based on the same model. During the 2008 AFI's 10 Top 10, it was voted the eighth best science fiction film ever made.[16]

VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray Release

Three versions of the film exist: the Theatrical cut, a "Special Edition" of the film for Laserdisc, VHS and DVD and an "Extended Special Edition" available only as an Easter egg on the Ultimate Edition DVD. The "Extended Special Edition" was titled the director's cut on the European HD DVD release.

The special edition has been the same from release to release, with all the scenes that Cameron reinserted intact. There are, however, two scenes that Cameron shot but chose not to reinsert into the film which have been included as an accessible extra on most "Special Edition" releases. The first scene shows the T-1000's tactile approach to acquiring information about the physical world, "scanning" John's room with its fingertips, and eventually finding a hidden shoebox containing pictures and tapes of Sarah, seen at the end of the first film. The second scene is an alternate ending set in 2027 with an aged Sarah Connor reflecting on how Judgment Day was averted. The addition of these scenes is the only difference between the "Special Edition" and the "Extended Special Edition". This version can be accessed by pressing 8, 2, 9, 9, 7 (based on August 29, 1997, the date of Judgment Day) on the main menu of the DVD. The Easter egg is only functional on the Ultimate Edition DVD (no longer produced); however, these scenes can be accessed at a certain point in the film with the interactive mode on the Extreme DVD. In addition, the Extreme edition contains several Easter eggs, which include access to the theatrical version of the movie and a preview for the Ultimate Edition DVD.

The Extreme edition DVD has several DVD-ROM features, including Infiltration Unit Simulator and T2 FX Studio, an application where images of a person can be imported and morphed into a T-800 or T-1000, and Skynet Combat Chassis Designer, a program where viewers could build a fighting machine and be able to track progress online.[17] The Extreme DVD also contains a WMV-HD theatrical edition of T2, where the film can be watched, for the first time, in Full HD 1080p format. However the DRM rights required to watch the film had been heavily criticized.[by whom?]

Two Blu-Ray editions of T2 have been released, a UK and a US version. Both are presented in a grainy, slightly washed-out 1080p transfer and included no special special features and a DTS 5.1 audio track from the DVDs instead of a high definition audio track. On May 19, 2009, the film will be re-released on Blu Ray with an enhanced video transfer and THX certified DTS-Master Audio 6.1 audio will released in two editions: a "SkyNet Edition" and a limited collector's edition encased in an Endoskull. The limited collector's edition will include the Blu Ray "SkyNet Edition" as well as the Extreme Edition and Ultimate Edition DVDs and a digital copy of the film.[18]

Other media

The film was adapted by Marvel Comics as a three issue miniseries, which was collected into a trade paperback. Following the film, an attraction at Universal Studios Theme Parks, entitled T2 3-D: Battle Across Time, was directed by James Cameron and reunited the original T2 cast. Terminator 2 was later followed by a sequel, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and an alternate timeline TV series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Prior to the release of T3, there were several sequel books including T2: Infiltrator by S.M. Stirling and The New John Connor Chronicles by Russell Blackford.

Soundtrack

1. "Main Title (Terminator 2 Theme)"
2. "Sarah on the Run"
3. "Escape from the Hospital (and T-1000)"
4. "Desert Suite"
5. "Sarah's Dream (Nuclear Nightmare)"
6. "Attack on Dyson (Sarah's Solution)"
7. "Our Gang goes to CyberDyne"
8. "Trust Me"
9. "John and Dyson into Vault"
10. "SWAT Team Attacks"
11. "I'll Be Back"
12. "Helicopter Chase"
13. "Tanker Chase"
14. "Hasta La Vista, Baby (T-1000 Freezes)"
15. "Into the Steel Mill"
16. "Cameron's Inferno"
17. "Terminator Impaled"
18. "Terminator Revives"
19. "T-1000 Terminated"
20. "It's Over ('Good-Bye')"

Songs that weren't included within the release of the soundtrack:

• "You Could Be Mine" Performed by Guns N' Roses[19]
• "Bad To The Bone" Performed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
• "Guitars, Cadillacs" Performed by Dwight Yoakam

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Awesome, awesome, awesome.

The differences between this and the first one are just night and day.
The first one was good; very good, even, but this is just a whole other
level of badassery. I'm going to have to divide this review into
factions to explain it:The Action: The biggest feature here that everyone seems to talk about
is the Liquid Terminator, or T1000, and goddamn if I'm not going to
agree with them, because he is truly awesome. The action here is a lot
of the time just proportionate to how create whatever the T1000 is
doing is, with all of his metamorphic features. But there are still
enough cool explosions here to satisfy me, too.The Story: A quite archetypal (and brilliantly told) tale of warning of
apocalypse and action heroics, T2 also possesses an interesting moral
qualm partially through involving human life and the intricacy within.
T2 packs a little of just about everything, from action to science
fiction to romance to drama, and it ties it all together in an
explosive package that nobody should miss. There are a lot of cool
little themes here too, like how the kid teaches Arnold things - and
how the "no killing people" thing is carried through with such style -
or the evolution of Sarah Connor's character from the first movie to
this one, and all of this interspersed with the high-octane action
makes for a hugely gratifying experience.The epic scope, vision and dynamics of this movie are just incredible.
It does so much and yet never manages to lose the viewers at all like
some other movies might. Terminator 2 is a superlative movie and
definitely one of, if not THE, best sequels ever made. See it if you
haven't already, and remember, you CAN change your destiny.

Lawrence Griffin from United States - 27 June 2009

T-2 The Return of Cyborg model # 1 0 1

This as I remember back in 91' as I watched the first few minutes of
the movie tale flight, was a vastly different feeling from the
original. In 1984 when I sat through the first Terminator, it seems now
in retrospect, a lower budget movie, however a 'gigantic' story feel.
It was brand new and it was different than other sci-fi stuff that was
out then. I was gripped by the feeling of an almost unstoppable
machine. Schwarzennegger had captured the very element of a futuristic
killer that was bigger than life. And scarier than HELL. It was an
emotional thriller, with bigger than dollars outcome on how you felt
when you left the theater after the ending was over. Now it seems to be
traded for an over M-TV commercialized slicker packaged new Terminator.
This one now is not unconversational, he can look sideways at you and
learn a joke or two. As I watched the new one I enjoyed it but realized
later that, this was more like a 'drug' that would fade, than the
preamble that left you squirming in your seat and thought provoked by
the end.This was a new-digitally mastered machine that was not going to kill,
just act as a body guard for John. Understandably. I can see the point
in it and the logic behind that concept for this story. It just was not
as bold and fresh as the first. It was quite a thrill-rush…but just
seemed to dissolve for me after a while. I liked T-2, truly. This just
is though for me not as strong and pure as the first bum-rush the
conscious feeling as you watch it, best casted futuristic story, made
even better by Stan 'The Wizard' Winston. I had fun with a new friend
of mine that I saw this with, but in the end I didn't end up wanting to
have or know more. It just thinned out for me too much.(**)

Benjamin Wolfe from USA - 27 June 2009

Iconic but over-rated…

Terminator 2 is a film that I would like to like but can't. There are
parts of it I genuinely enjoy but at the same time it doesn't have the
appeal or seriousness of its predecessor or the inherent entertainment
value of its immediate sequel.James Cameron's direction and visual style are what make the film look
good. But as much as certain scenes from the film remind me of the
first movie it never feels as good and dark as the first movie. The
emphasis on even bigger action-scenes didn't impress me and only the
T-1000 has stuck in my mind visually from this entry in the series.Arnold Schwarzenegger's role reversal from the previous movie is a
refreshing touch but one that is undermined as the Terminator loses
more and more of its cold and calculating robot mentality. Becoming a
big buddy to the young John Connor is the reason why the ending of the
film is so heart-breaking, but the change occurs in such a way that it
feels like a very flippant change in direction from the first film.But maybe I'm too in love with the darkness of the first film and just
a tad too sarcastic to enjoy the film's balance of action, narrative
and drama. But for me the movie feels long, drawn out and not nearly as
dramatic as the first or the third entry in the series. For
entertainment value at least it beats the fourth easily but as iconic a
film as it is to most people, for me it's just over-rated.

TheHande - 26 June 2009

Best in the Terminator Series

James Cameron's TERMINATOR 2 is a prime example of a film sequel that
completely blows away the original. I was a fan of the first film but
Cameron's follow-up is better in every way possible. The action is more
epic, the special effects were ahead of their time, and it introduces
one of the coolest movie villains ever…the T-1000. After Skynet's
failure to terminate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) in 1984, their
second attempt to eliminate future war savior John Connor (Edward
Furlong) has them sending an advanced liquid metal prototype model
after young John.T2 amps up the action this time, with Stan Winston's SFX team returning
with assistance from ILM to bring the Terminators to life. Keeping in
mind the move was released in 1991, the effects are amazing. Cameron
has always been on the cutting edge of special effects technology and
he continued the trend here. Even now, the T-1000 looks incredible as
he morphs or heals from damage (better than the effects in some modern
films). In addition, the film set up for some great action sequences
(my favorite of which being the escape from the mental hospital).Returning from the first film are Linda Hamilton, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, and Michael Beihn (in the special edition).
Schwarzenegger returns to one of his greatest roles as a T-800
Terminator sent back from the future by John Connor to protect against
the T-1000. Newcomer Edward Furlong is the young John Connor and seems
to have no trouble running with the big dogs. Absolute best though
would be Robert Patrick as the stone cold T-1000; his lack of emotion
and soul-less stare gives the assassin that extra evil edge. The movie
runs long at 2.5 hours (for the special edition) but you wouldn't
notice as it rockets along. T2 is a sci-fi action great and (at this
point) remains the best in the series; to be honest, I wouldn't have
been upset if Cameron had used his original ending and given the series
closure. At least we'd have known for certain it would've ended on a
high note.

brando647 from Orlando, FL - 20 June 2009

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