Terminator 2: Judgment Day Movie Review 1991

He said he'd be back and he is, programmed to protect the boy who will be mankind's post-nuke resistance leader. But the T-1000, a shape-changing, ultimate killing machine, is also on the boy's trail. Twice the mayhem, five times the special effects, ten times the budget of the first, but without Arnold it'd be half the movie. The word hasn't been invented to describe the special effects, particularly THE scariest nuclear holocaust scene yet. Worldwide megahit, but the $100 million budget nearly ruined the studio; Arnold accepted his $12 million in the form of a jet.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 139 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Technology--Rampant, Cyberpunk, Post-Apocalypse, Robots & Androids, Time Travel, Elevators, Family Ties, Hospitals & Medicine, Special FX Extravaganzas, Top Grossing Films of 1991, Rescue Missions Involving Time Travel, Highest Grossing Films of All Time, Parenthood

Screenplay

James Cameron

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton

Cinematography

Adam Greenberg

Director

James Cameron

Music

Brad Fiedel

Other

Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris, Joseph P. Lucky

Producer

Gale Anne Hurd, Carolco Pictures, Tri-Star Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1991: Makeup, Sound, Sound FX Editing, Visual FX; MTV Movie Awards 1992: Film, Male Perf. (Schwarzenegger), Female Perf. (Hamilton), Breakthrough Perf. (Furlong), Most Desirable Female (Hamilton), Action Seq.