10 Essential Time Travel Movies
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (dir. James Cameron, 1991)
Lets face it youd throw a fit if I included the first Terminator without also mentioning the sequel. Having destroyed the original Terminator, Sarah Connor is separated from her young son John (Edward Furlong) and is committed to a mental institution. Skynet sends a new, highly-advanced Terminator (Robert Patrick) back to 1995 to kill John only to be confronted by Arnie, who has been reprogrammed by the human resistance and set back to protect John and Sarah. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is widely regarded as one of the best sequels of all time, and with good reason. If you can ignore the paradox of its premise (expertly pointed out by Roger Ebert here), it improves on the original in every fashion, with better effects, more complex character development and a feast of juicy one-liners. Its also a very good example of how cranking up the action doesnt always hamper the storytelling: there is plenty of eye candy, but all of it is narratively integral.
Lets face it youd throw a fit if I included the first Terminator without also mentioning the sequel. Having destroyed the original Terminator, Sarah Connor is separated from her young son John (Edward Furlong) and is committed to a mental institution. Skynet sends a new, highly-advanced Terminator (Robert Patrick) back to 1995 to kill John only to be confronted by Arnie, who has been reprogrammed by the human resistance and set back to protect John and Sarah. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is widely regarded as one of the best sequels of all time, and with good reason. If you can ignore the paradox of its premise (expertly pointed out by Roger Ebert here), it improves on the original in every fashion, with better effects, more complex character development and a feast of juicy one-liners. Its also a very good example of how cranking up the action doesnt always hamper the storytelling: there is plenty of eye candy, but all of it is narratively integral. 