One aspect of this film that really stuck out at me was Sarah Connor's complete physical and mental transformation - you can tell just how emotionally broken she is just looking in her eyes. The special effects still hold up incredibly well (even moreso than in Terminator) and certain scenes (such as Sarah's nightmare of the inevitable apocalypse) have a huge emotional impact. I do feel the need to point out a paradox - how could the T-100 participate in the destruction of his digital ancestor?

If Arnold couldn't self terminate at the end and had to get John to do it why wouldn't his No Self Termination Chip make him jump off the chain to safety instead of riding it down? Also spoilers.

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Best action movie ever? Almost. Essentially a remake of the original that focuses more on action than the horror, and Cameron turns the action up to 11 for T2. As usual Cameron creates enjoyable characters that we can cheer/boo as needed. However T2, especially with the extended versions, can feel a little bloated, particularly in the middle when the T1000 dissapears from the plot for awhile while the T800 learns to smile. It's still an essential movie for anyone who likes action films though.

Extraordinary Academy Award-winning visual effects are the highlight of this sequel, which was a box office colossus. The story is sparse. Some of the action sequences are surprisingly flat, and the narration is cornball fantasy, but Patrick is evil incarnate. Schwarzenegger plays a good machine this time, but his technique is the same: plodding and cumbersome.

This just seemed to be missing something that the original had. The atmosphere didn't quite feel right, and the best parts were the action scenes which seemed to see a giant lull in the middle, and the finale seemed a bit 'cheesy', I guess because it's fairly similar to the original but a bit more 'teary.' I also think that Arnie made a better 'evil' Terminator.