Terminator 2: Judgment Day

"It's nothing personal."

1991 2h 17m EN

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Synopsis

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Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

“It's nothing personal.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Cameron
Writers: William Wisher, James Cameron, Iain McCaig
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: France, United States of America

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MONEY

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$102M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Terminator Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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616+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by James Cameron, shot by Adam Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Cameron directs. Adam Greenberg behind the camera. Brad Fiedel scores. Mark Goldblatt cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1$102M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.
335 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 2 countries: France, United States of America.
6Part of the "The Terminator Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7616+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by James Cameron, shot by Adam Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Brad Fiedel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Mark Goldblatt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "It's nothing personal.".
13IMDB entry: tt0103064 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1414,986 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
15Classified under 22 themes, including "man vs machine", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "cyborg", "shotgun".
16Released under 34 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Original score: Brad Fiedel
Editing: Mark Goldblatt
Production design: Joseph C. Nemec III
Costume design: Marlene Stewart
Makeup / hair: Ed French
VFX supervisor: Robert Skotak
Sound: Tom Johnson
Stunt coordinator: Gary Davis
Runtime: 137 min · 2h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $102,000,000
Box office: $517,814,175
Return: 508% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

Part of

The Terminator Collection

A series of science-fiction films about the futuristic conflict between the humans led by John Connor and the Terminators that are made and controlled by Skynet, a self-aware super computer that started Armageddon and may indeed end humanity for good. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the T-800 (Model 101).

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zag2017-02-20
★ 10/10
Terminator 2 is basically one of the greatest films of all time, its an absolute must watch if you like Science Fiction, Action, or even Comedy films. It could have been so bad, but the film somehow pulls it off with crazy stunts, an amazing cast and a great story. The film really tackles the fate of humanity straight on which gets you thinking about our path as a species but also what we can do today to change things. The story takes you on a journey which is one of the most believable time travel movies of all time. The action scenes are fantastic, with wall to wall fighting, car chases and military maneuvers that will keep you on the edge of your seat. That's mixed with a great cast and brilliant story telling from the directory. I would say its even better than the first movie which is also a classic. Overall I have probably seen this movie 20 or 30 times over the last 25 years(go is it that long!!) and still don't get bored. Its a timeless classic that I urge everyone to watch.
Gimly2020-03-20
★ 9/10
While I am in that minority which believes it is actually the first Terminator movie which is the best of the franchise, don't let that for one minute convince you I don't absolutely love Judgement Day. It's honestly pretty crazy to me how just bonkers good these first two Terminator movies are. Especially when you consider how completely every single sequel managed to miss the mark. I like to imagine that in the Good Timeline, where everything isn't Terrible™, this movie is exactly the same, but the trailer doesn't spoil the twist about Robert Patrick being a Terminator and Arnie being a good guy. I know that they also spoil the twist about who's a Terminator and who's not and who's a bad guy and who's not in the trailers for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th too, but I'm pretty sure that in the Good Timeline those never got made, so whatever. Final rating:★★★★½ - Ridiculously strong appeal. I can’t stop thinking about it.
Kamurai2020-07-29
★ 8/10
Great watch, will watch again, and can recommend. This is everything the original was turned up one notch. Now Arnold is a caring unfeeling robot, and we missed a whole movie where Sarah Connor went hard into training. This has twists, escapes, a liquid terminator, better special and practical effects, some big explosions, active discussion of how to change the future, and some really iconic moments. The movie isn't chatty in the traditional sense, once Arnold gets involved, all the dialogue outside the asylum is very much to mechanically move the plot forward. The terminators don't voluntary "chat", they more vomit exposition dialogue. While I'll always remember this as a great movie, it isn't without its flaws. Hearing John's pre-pubescent voice cracking almost made me turn it off, and I know I found a couple of (small) problems while I was watching, but I couldn't remember them by the end of the movie, so they're clearly not that important. I may have been a bad foley sound on a weapon, and probably something that the T-800 that didn't seem robo-talk enough. I honestly don't know who isn't going to like this movie: it even has a low kill count.