12 Best Movies About The End Of The World
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
A contender for the best sequel ever made, Terminator 2 is a movie about stopping the end of the world before it's even started to end. You with us so far? Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous robot man was a killing machine in the first instalment of the franchise, but here, he's a saving machine. Specifically, he's a machine tasked with saving John Connor, the boy who will one day lead the Resistance against the rogue AI terminators of Skynet. By proxy, he's saving humankind. If that wasn't enough for you, he's also a catchphrase machine, which is great for merch.
Arnie's character is what is known as a Model 101 Terminator. If they were around in our world, we would call them classic Terminators. (In a way, they are and we do.) Future John Connors has reprogrammed him to protect his younger self as he knows that Skynet has sent a new T-1000 back in time to do what Terminators do best.
Played to iconic effect by Robert Patrick, the shape-shifting liquid metal villain is a wonderful foe for our leather-jacketed motorcycle-riding hero. Linda Hamilton reprised her role as Sarah Connor from the 1984 original to team up with her greatest enemy to fight a bigger threat in the form of arms-occasionally-made-of-blades Patrick.
The Terminator wasn't lying when he said he would be back, but nothing ever came close to matching the second entry in the franchise for entertainment or fun. Humanity's future being at stake has rarely been so thrilling.