Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
More elaborate than the original, but just as shrewdly put together, it cleverly combines the most successful elements of its predecessor with a number of new twists to produce one hell of a wild ride.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jul 2013
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The pathos of the film is the pathos of its leading character -- it is a magnificent machine, but a machine it remains.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jul 2013
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Terminator 2 does work viscerally, however, and with this kind of movie, that's really what counts. No problemo.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jul 2013
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A pop epiphany, marking that commercially creative point where the power of Hollywood meets the purity of myth.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
29 Jul 2013
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Best of all, though, the level of tension in the film is palpable because we can`t figure out how Arnold is going to terminate the Terminator.