Promotional Lines: "Same Make. Same Model.
New Mission." "This time there are two"
This heart-pumping sequel takes place in 1991,
and Sara Conner's child, John Conner, (Edward Furlong), is now
10 years old, a tough kid who is living in a foster care situation,
because his mother has been committed to a mental institution
because of her "delusions." The evil machines in the
future try to change their circumstances that they find themselves
in, by once again trying to kill this young man who is destined
to lead a revolt against their evil empire. They send a new and
improved, shape-shifting cyborg; model T-1000, to do the deed.
Luckily for young John, the rebels send back
a cyborg robot of their own, (Arnold), to protect him, which
happens to be the same model and make of the original T 800
cyborg robot sent to kill his mother the first time by the evil
ones; Only this time the cyborg robot is programmed to protect.
In a change of pace, Arnold is convincing as
the good guy protector robot this time, with his muscular body,
grim expressions, and great mechanical walk.
Linda Hamilton as Sara Conner, is even better
here than in the original "Terminator." She pumped
up her body in preparation for this role, and it helps to make
her tough girl performance credible.
Robert Patrick is great as a mean, merciless "bad"
terminator. His tough, lean form provides a good contrast to
Big Arnold's pumped up bulk.
A favorite scene shows the bad terminator cyborg
wildly driving a truck while chasing big Arnold and young John
on a motorcycle. Arnold had arrived just in time to keep John
from the clutches of the T-1000, but boy did they have a wild
ride.
Arnold and John then proceed to bust Sarah (Linda
Hamilton) out of the mental hospital, two steps ahead of everyone's
favorite bad guy, the unrelenting T-1000 cyborg, who does his
best to terrorize the hospital staff.
The special effects were quite enjoyable. During
another exciting action sequence, the bad T-1000 cyborg is melted
into drops of molten metal in a terrific fire. These melted
metal droplets run together to reform into the bad cyborg once
again. Being melted was only a momentary inconvenience, it seems.
This nasty T-1000 cyborg can also turn itself
into likenesses of the humans around him. This cunning cyborg
finds young John's foster home, kills the foster mother, and
turns himself into a likeness of her, and then lays in wait
for young John to come home.
Still another favorite scene is the climactic
battle between the cyborg robots, (Arnold and Patrick). It has
an intensity and razzle dazzle rarely seen in contemporary action
films.
"T 2" is a fast paced, action-packed
ride from beginning to end. The great music helps underscore
the film's dynamic forward momentum.
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