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The Terminator is back with another mission requiring that he travel back in time. A lethal machine (Patrick) has been sent back through time to kill a boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future (Furlong). The Terminator (Schwarzenegger) is sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother (Hamilton), a woman whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded.
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Hugo Award (Nominee — Dramatic Presentation — 1992)
Academy Award (Nominee — 1991)
National Film Registry (2023)
AFI's 10 Top 10 (Science Fiction — 8)
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An unstoppable, time-traveling robot tries to kill a bratty kid.
A corny, boring mess. The first hour or so is stupid fun, with some good bad-assery. Then they go into the desert to get in touch with their feelings (which they don't really have, since one of them is a robot and the other is a James
Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: D
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.6/4
A corny, boring mess. The first hour or so is stupid fun, with some good bad-assery. Then they go into the desert to get in touch with their feelings (which they don't really have, since one of them is a robot and the other is a James
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Cameron character). The action in the third act is okay, but not good enough to wake me up. I just don't get what people see in this - it's by far the worst of the three Terminator movies I've seen.Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: D
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.6/4
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Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, c2003.
Original publication date
1991-07-03