Terminator 2: Judgement Day is one of those rare sequels famous for surpassing the original predecessor in every way. It had a much bigger budget than the first movie (justified by all of the new liquid metal special effects and more frequent vehicle damage), a longer runtime with a more substantially deep plot (seriously, watch the extended version to see some good additional scenes for which the theatrical release was already long enough without having them), and longer but well-directed action scenes. Joe Morton was a great supporting actor in this movie and another extended classic, the 4-hour happy hour-I mean, The Justice League's Zack Snyder cut. Even compared to the theatrical version of Terminator 2, The Justice League's Joss Whedon cut was too short and too silly. Terminator 2: Judgement Day feels like a great movie on which to blow your entire 100 million-dollar budget because James Cameron pulled out all the stops with non-digital car and helicopter chases, and there was lots of thrilling suspense to be had in every sequence of Sarah and John trying to escape the T-1000. It was kind of nice how Alien inspired James Cameron to make The Terminator with another female protagonist escaping from and then fighting some type of sci-fi monster. The Terminator and Alien were both sci-fi action and horror at the same time, and Terminator 2 and Aliens are sci-fi action movies that downplay the horror elements quite a bit.
Review of Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
A great action movie and sequel with a lot of heart.
28 October 2021