Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

R

Released Jul 3, 1991

2h 16m

Sci-Fi

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor (Edward Furlong), the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000 (Robert Patrick), a Terminator sent from the future to kill him. Another Terminator, the revamped T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), has been sent back to protect the boy. As John and his mother (Linda Hamilton) go on the run with the T-800, the boy forms an unexpected bond with the robot.

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Critics Consensus

T2 features thrilling action sequences and eye-popping visual effects, but what takes this sci-fi/ action landmark to the next level is the depth of the human (and cyborg) characters.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

This time Mr. Heavy Metal is on the side of the good guys. Naturally, he isn't quite as much fun.

Apr 27, 2018

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Twenty-six years later, T2 has lost none of its thrilling power, feminist ferocity, and ominous foreboding-and seen on a big screen, it still puts most of its modern Hollywood progeny to shame.

Aug 31, 2017

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Even though this movie was made nearly 30 years ago, almost nothing about it feels dated.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 31, 2017

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Here, she’s modified and trained until she’s a hard-edged, no-nonsense force willing to do anything to protect her son and the people of earth from the nuclear holocaust that is impending.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 6, 2025

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Thomas Lethbridge

Screen Rant

James Cameron's critically and commercially acclaimed sci-fi blockbuster is still an almost-perfect sequel, 33 years after its release.

Rated: 9/10

Nov 22, 2024

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Mini Anthikad-Chhibber

The Hindu

Terminator 2 was the perfect sequel as it gave bigger and better action sequences and chases and also changed things around to get the story going in a new direction

Nov 15, 2024

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MARTIN

Oldie but a goodie still! So much better on the big screen! Glad he came back!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Sean M

James Cameron is the king.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/24/24

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christopher

Still holds up! Great action flick.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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tyler s

The best sequel of all time!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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joris

Great everything : casting, music, fx, story! This movie is legendary

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/21

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Eric B

When you think of “greatest sequels of all time” Terminator 2: Judgement Day is right there in the discussion. By now it’s well known that a sequel to a great film is hard to make as great, but T2 is one of those films that lives up to and possibly even surpasses the first. There is not a single complaint I can think of for this film. It is perfect, in all aspects of filmmaking. The action, the suspense, the score, the cast, the writing and dialogue, it’s all perfect. The scale is bigger in this film as well as the stakes and it handles everything so well. The very final scene in T2 has enough emotion behind it that even grown men will struggle to not shed a tear or two.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/25

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Synopsis

In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor (Edward Furlong), the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000 (Robert Patrick), a Terminator sent from the future to kill him. Another Terminator, the revamped T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), has been sent back to protect the boy. As John and his mother (Linda Hamilton) go on the run with the T-800, the boy forms an unexpected bond with the robot.

Director: James Cameron
Producer: James Cameron, Van Ling
Screenwriter: James Cameron, William Wisher Jr.
Distributor: Pioneer Entertainment, Live Video, Artisan Entertainment, TriStar Pictures
Production Co: Lightstorm Entertainment, Pacific Western, Carolco Pictures Inc., Le Studio Canal +
Rating: R (Strong Sci-Fi Action|Language|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 3, 1991, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $552.8K
Runtime: 2h 16m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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