Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Movie, 1991, Skynet, Set in 1995
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is #2 of 8 in release order and #2 of 8 in chronological order in the Terminator.
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, John Connor is a troubled ten-year-old living with foster parents in Los Angeles, and Sarah is locked up in a psychiatric hospital for trying to blow up a computer factory. Two Terminators arrive: the T-1000, an advanced model made of liquid metal that can take any shape, and a reprogrammed T-800 sent by the future John to protect him. The T-800 saves John from the T-1000, and they break Sarah out of the hospital. They learn that Skynet will be built by Miles Dyson at Cyberdyne Systems using the chip and arm from the first Terminator. Sarah sets out to kill Dyson, but cannot do it. Dyson agrees to help destroy his work, and they blow up the Cyberdyne lab; Dyson dies in the explosion.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day ending explained
The T-1000 chases them to a steel mill, where it is frozen with liquid nitrogen and shattered, then reforms, until the T-800 fires a grenade into it and it falls into molten steel. The T-800 has a chip in its own head, so it asks Sarah to lower it into the steel too. With the chip gone, Judgment Day may not happen, and Sarah says the future is not set.
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 The Terminator, before Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
- Chronological order: after The Terminator, before Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
What to watch before Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Terminator (1984), which Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) continues.
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.