Older Reveiws:Terminator 2: Judgement Day

The first Terminator was a monumental success when it came out. It had an original concept, good writing, and plenty of action. It is actually one of the few films to hold a unanimous rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So it was pretty much impossible to make a worthy sequel. Or so it seemed.

The sequel revolves around a mission similar to that of the first movie. The machines set to destroy humanity send another cyborg back in time to kill John Conner, the leader of the human resistance. This time, they send a more advanced model to kill him as a child. However, the humans are once again, one step ahead of them. This time, they send a reprogrammed terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, back to protect him.

Schwarzenegger once again makes this role his own. The fact that this time he is playing the good guy allows for him to play a character who is more than just intimidating. It was also in this movie where he says some of the character's most iconic lines. All in all, it would be very difficult to imagine anybody else playing this role.

The movie itself has plenty of action, and there is some tension since it is uncertain how the good terminator will kill the seemingly indestructible bad one. James Cameron's directing takes  The characters are also handled very well. One of the standouts is Sarah Conner, John's mother. In the first movie, she was mostly helpless, but now the events of the last movie have made her a complete bad-ass and a more interesting character.

The movies story also makes good use of its intriguing premise. There are plenty of plot points that are able to elevate the movie beyond formulaic. The movie is sometimes exciting and sometimes interesting, but never boring, and never loses the audiences attention. There are even a few emotional scenes; the movie pulls off the difficult task of making the audience feel for an emotionless robot.

This is the ideal action movie. It is one of the best sequels of all time, and probably the best for the action genre.

5 out of 5 stars.