4/4  Terminator 2
He said he'd be back...and I'm glad he came back. This movie made more money in terms of percentage increase from the original movie ever (400 something percent I think) and it's obvious. It's a GREAT action movie and CGI really came into ... (read full)

4/4  An all time favorite
T2 is now one of the all time classic action movies, as well as, sci-fi movies. The plot is interesting, fast paced, and designed to really make you feel about the characters. The acting is also great. Linda Hamilton's transformation fr... (read full)

4/4  Sci-Fi Excellence, A Superior Sequel.
A definetly a step-forward for the genre, and cinema all-together. It's what happens when you create a sequel to a slowly growing phenomenon that is, The Terminator.

T-2: Judgement dayis one of the few movies out there that tops it's pr... (read full)

3.5/4  He's Back!!
Terminator 2: Judgment Day set a new standard for summer blockbusters when it exploded onto the scene in 1991. Taking place ten years after the original film, a new and more advanced killing machine is sent back in time in an attempt to el... (read full)

4/4  MAJOR GENRE BREATHROUGH
I was in HongKong when this came out. And no, I didn't watch the Chinese version. I might be bold enough to say that this was where a new dimension of this genre started. Phenomenal. You knew at that time it was something unseen before.... (read full)

3.5/4  reivew titles suck
Director James Cameron proves to be one of the wisest directors around, as he takes what could have been a terrible gratuitous action movie, and turns it into one of the defining movies of the genre. The plot is paper thin: a killer robot ... (read full)

3/4  The Terminator Quick Review
This is one of my favorite movies from when I was a kid. And, it beats the f***in' livin' hell out of the first and third Terminator movies!

  The Terminator Quick Review
James Cameron not only redefined Sci-Fi cinema with Terminator 2 he redifined cinema altogether. One of the best action movies ive ever seen, bar none

2.5/4  The Terminator Quick Review
A pretty good movie, but make sure to see all three in the series!

4/4  The Terminator Quick Review
The second Terminator is my favorite of the series. Better effects, better story and even a better villain - T2 takes all the best elements of the first movie and just cranks it up a few more notches. This time, the original Terminator has taken the role of protector and a new, liquid-metal cyborg is the hunter. The real fun part is seeing how the parts from the Terminator in the last movie has been used to essentially create the future they're trying to prevent. Which creates a paradox all it's own. Got that? See it's not just a mindless actions flick. It makes you think!

3/4  The Terminator Quick Review
Great action and decent plot. I liked the first Terminator better because it was a more raw and less "Hollywood" Still T2 is a lot of fun and full of one liners.


4/4  The Terminator Quick Review
Arnold is the Terminator. The best of the series, and one of the best movies of all time! I will never forget the shape shifter. A word to the wise that the extended edition has some cool scenes, but they were rightfully cut.

3/5 Not as bad as expected, but...
  by C. Allison (Arlington, VA USA)
one reviewer already nailed it, but i'll repeat it: the first 10 or so minutes of "The Terminator" blu-ray disc look awful; PQ identical to, if not lower than, what one would expect from an upcoverting standard-def DVD player. That said, the PQ does improve as the movie goes on, but generally any scene shot in darkness looks horrid.

2/5 Awesome film, lousy blu-ray
  by D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
I should have known that when a blu-ray disc was selling for under $10 that something was wrong. Sure enough, the picture quality is pretty much the same as a regular DVD. The fact that it's selling for such a low price probably means that somebody is wising up and will soon issue a better quality blu-ray version. My advice is to pass up on this offer and instead wait for the definitive treatment.

5/5 Terminator: Modernized vs. Nostalgic
  by A Thorough Reviewer
THE MOVIE: 5/5
Terminator (or The Terminator, if you prefer) is and always will be an excellent movie. It expertly combines the two genres of science fiction and action. This movie was in my opinion James Cameron's break-through movie. After this, he made classic movies such as Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2, and of course, Titanic. Terminator truly is a modern classic. It's one of those relatively low budget movies that made it big. You don't need to take my word of it: other reviewers have given it 5 out of 5 stars.

THE DVD RELEASE VS THE BLU-RAY RELEASE
The first DVD release of Terminator was released in the late 1990s. Even though it was widescreen, unfortunately it was non-anamorphic, which can look terrible on a modern widescreen TV (as it only fills the center of the screen and leaves 4 black bars). The audio was the original mono soundtrack, with all its nostalgic 1980s sounding music and dialogue that sounds... somewhat low quality (which was commonplace for a sci-fi B-movie) It's definitely a nostalgic experience in sound.

Recently, I acquired the Blu-Ray of the Terminator. The picture quality was amazing compared to the first DVD. It was anamorphic widescreen and looks nice on a widescreen TV; however, it still isn't quite up to normal HD standards since it was shot on low-quality film. Still, it was a great video improvement. When I first watched it, the audio bugged me, and I didn't quite know why. It turned out that the Blu-Ray had used the 5.1 remix of the sound. It added new sound effects and made the dialogue sound normal. The audio sounded modern, completely different from the nostalgic B-movie sound. Now, call me funny, but I didn't like it. I missed the old, mono quality audio with the cheesy 1980s sound effects that had been replaced with regular, sounding audio and improved sound effects. In my opinion, it took away the warm B-movie feeling that the first DVD had. To top it all off, I found that the Blu-Ray didn't include the original mono soundtrack.

The average viewer might like the Blu-Ray as it looks modern and sounds technically better. Others, like me, might love that warm, 1980s nostalgic experience of the DVD. The choice is yours.

2/5 Blu ray version needs to be remastered
  by W. C. Frazier
This is a great movie, however blu ray shows a lower then expected resolution and it feels - especially in the opening scene like the studio did not try and remaster the negatives so you see all these old artifacts showing up on the film. Until its remastered for blu ray and cleaned up so its presentable in this format just stick with the DVD version.

5/5 The movie that started it all
  by F. Jury (usa)
Terminator is one of the greatest movies ever made and is among the top favorites for almost anyone I know. This is the film that really made James Cameron and Arnold, stars in their field.
An excellent story, with perfect theme music, made this an instant classic, one you can watch over and over again. A thrilling, sci-fi, action horror classic, with a bit of a love story mixed in. The only negative critique I've ever had about the film is the scene where Arnold removes the eye, and his face clearly looks like a mask.
The deleted scenes on the disk are fun to watch but they are not re-edited into the film as they did in Aliens. I wish they had done that or given you the option too, because I really enjoyed it that way. Most of the scenes were taken out for timing or pacing and otherwise could have been left in. I particularly thought the Cyberdyne ending could have been left in. I find it really enjoyable to watch deleted scenes on older favorites like this.