Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Movie, 1991, 1990–1992, Set in 1995
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is #4 of 26 in release order and #3 of 26 in chronological order in the '90s Action.
The story
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day recap
In 1995, two Terminators are sent back from the future: a T-1000, made of liquid metal, sent by the machines to kill the teenage John Connor, future leader of the resistance, and an older T-800, reprogrammed by the adult John to protect him. John's mother Sarah Connor is locked in a mental hospital for her warnings about Judgment Day. The T-800 rescues John from the T-1000, and John orders it not to kill anyone. Together they break Sarah out. She learns that Cyberdyne Systems engineer Miles Dyson is about to create Skynet using parts of the first Terminator, and goes to kill him, but stops. Dyson, shown the future, helps them destroy his research.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day ending explained
Dyson dies blowing up Cyberdyne's lab. The T-1000 chases the Connors to a steel mill, where the T-800 fires a grenade into it and it falls into molten steel. The T-800, carrying the last chip of future technology, has Sarah lower it into the steel too. Sarah drives into the night saying the future is not set. Terminator 3 follows.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy, and YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Point Break, before Hard Boiled.
- Chronological order: after Point Break, before Hard Boiled.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator
- Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor
- Edward Furlong as John Connor
- Robert Patrick as T-1000
- Earl Boen as Dr. Silberman
- Joe Morton as Miles Dyson
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Tarissa Dyson
- Castulo Guerra as Enrique Salceda
- Danny Cooksey as Tim
- Jenette Goldstein as Janelle Voight
- Xander Berkeley as Todd Voight
- Leslie Hamilton Gearren as Twin Sarah
Directed by James Cameron.