Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director:

James Cameron

Writers:

James Cameron, William Wisher

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong

Top Rated Movies #38 | Won 4 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 33 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	The Terminator
Linda Hamilton	...	Sarah Connor
Edward Furlong	...	John Connor
Robert Patrick	...	T-1000
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Silberman
Joe Morton	...	Miles Dyson
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Tarissa Dyson
Castulo Guerra	...	Enrique Salceda
Danny Cooksey	...	Tim
Jenette Goldstein	...	Janelle Voight
Xander Berkeley	...	Todd Voight
Leslie Hamilton Gearren	...	Twin Sarah
Ken Gibbel	...	Douglas
Robert Winley	...	Cigar Biker
Peter Schrum	...	Lloyd (as Pete Schrum)

Storyline

Over 10 years have passed since the first machine called The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John. The man who will become the future leader of the human resistance against the Machines is now a healthy young boy. However, another Terminator, called the T-1000, is sent back through time by the supercomputer Skynet. This new Terminator is more advanced and more powerful than its predecessor and its mission is to kill John Connor when he's still a child. However, in the Internet and John do not have to face the threat of the T-1000 alone. Another Terminator (identical to the same model that tried and failed to kill Sarah Connor in 1984) is also sent back through time to protect them. Now, the battle for tomorrow has begun.

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | liquid metal | future | sequel | voice over narration | 

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Taglines:

It's nothing personal.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

14A

Did You Know?

Trivia

By the summer of 1990, Cameron had not yet written the script - there wasn't even a concept, but still an announcement was made that TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY would be released the following summer. The announcement came in the form of a $500,000 teaser trailer directed by Stan Winston. All the footage was original and has never been used in any of the films. It showed a Terminator assembly line and the T-800 going through the cyborg tissue generation sequence. Arnold appears after the sequence and utters his famous catch phrase, "I'll be back." "What Jim wanted to tell in the trailer," said Stan in an interview, "was that all Terminators look like Arnold. It was a way to justify Arnold's return after getting killed in the first movie."

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Goofs

After the T-1000 drives the truck into the canal to chase John, before the truck loses it's roof it crashes into the canal walls several times, and there are shots showing the truck has lost its side mirrors. There are shots later where the truck is still shown to have its side mirrors, even after it loses its roof under the low bridge.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sarah Connor: [narrating] Three billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the machines. The computer which controlled the machines, Skynet, sent two Terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human resistance, John Connor, my son. The first Terminator was programmed to strike at me in the year 1984, before John was born. It failed. The ...

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Crazy Credits

Now read the Bantam Book

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Alternate Versions

The version shown on ABC May 15, 1994, altered the following:

• Omission of the scene in the bar where the T-800 twists the man's arm and pins him to the pool table
• The T-1000's nudity was obscured by strategically-placed silhouettes
• Omission of the man who's shot by the T-1000's gunfire in the lobby
• The orderly who licks Sarah was only hit with the night stick once in the TV version
• The T-800 only shoots the guard outside the institution once in the legs
• Omission of the shot showing the blade going through the foster father's mouth
• Nearly all profanities (including "hell" and "damn") deleted or dubbed over.

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Connections

Featured in The Nostalgia Critic: The Top 11 Best Movie Sequels (2017)

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Soundtracks

Guitars, Cadillacs
(1986)
Written and Performed by Dwight Yoakam
Published by Coal Dust West Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Reprise Records
by Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Best action film ever!!!

This superb sequel surpasses the excellent original in every department and quite simply you won't see a better action film. Set 15 years after the original Arnie may return as the good Terminator trying to protect John Connor but he's a redundant piece of scrap metal compared to the T-1000.

The opening hour and the last half hour is absolutely breathtaking with action sequences that still remain unsurpassed. Their's also a wonderful piece of storytelling 3/4 of the way through where Dyson relises the terrifying consequences of the project he's neglecting his family for.

The performances are memorable particularly Linda Hamilton's Sara Connor and simply put, they'll never make a better action film.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site (3D re-release)

Country:

USA France

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

3 July 1991 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Terminator 2: Le jugement dernier

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$102,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$31,765,506, 7 July 1991

Gross USA:

$205,881,154

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$520,884,847

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western, Lightstorm Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

137 min 153 min (Special Edition) 156 min (Ultimate Cut)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints) CDS (digital 35 mm and 70 mm prints) Dolby SR (analog 35 mm prints) Dolby Stereo (in selected theatres) Dolby Atmos (IMAX version) Dolby Digital (Extreme Edition)

Color:

Color (CFI)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1