Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
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.
- man vs machine
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- cyborg
- shotgun
- dystopia
- moral ambiguity
- post-apocalyptic future
- villain
- time travel
- sequel
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Terminator
Linda Hamilton
Sarah Connor
Edward Furlong
John Connor
Robert Patrick
T-1000
- Earl Boen — Dr. Silberman
- Joe Morton — Miles Dyson
- S. Epatha Merkerson — Tarissa Dyson
- Castulo Guerra — Enrique Salceda
- Danny Cooksey — Tim
- Jenette Goldstein — Janelle Voight
- Xander Berkeley — Todd Voight
- Leslie Hamilton Gearren — Twin Sarah
- Ken Gibbel — Douglas
- Robert Winley — Cigar Biker
- Pete Schrum — Lloyd
- Directed
- James Cameron
- Written
- James Cameron, William Wisher
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 14,787 ratings
- Studio
- Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western, Lightstorm Entertainment, Le Studio Canal+
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1984The Terminator
Where it starts.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · You’re here
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Terminator Salvation
2009
Terminator Genisys
2015Terminator: Dark Fate
2019
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
