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Judgment Day Theatrical release poster Directed by James Cameron Written by
James Cameron William Wisher Produced by James Cameron Starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Robert Patrick Cinematography Adam Greenberg
Edited by Conrad Buff Mark Goldblatt Richard A. Harris Music by Brad Fiedel
Production companies Carolco Pictures Pacific Western Productions Lightstorm
Entertainment Le Studio Canal+ Distributed by Tri-Star Pictures Release dates
July 1, 1991 ( 1991-07-01 ) ( Century City ) July 3, 1991 ( 1991-07-03 )
(United States) Running time 137 minutes Country United States Language
English Budget $94–102 million Box office $519–520.9 million Terminator 2:
Judgment Day [a] is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by
James Cameron , who co-wrote the script with William Wisher . Starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger , Linda Hamilton , Robert Patrick , and Edward Furlong , it is
the sequel to The Terminator (1984) and is the second installment in the
Terminator franchise . In the film, the malevolent artificial intelligence
Skynet sends a Terminator —a highly advanced killing machine—back in time to
1995 to kill the future leader of the human resistance John Connor , when he
is a child. The resistance sends back a less advanced, reprogrammed Terminator
to protect Connor and ensure the future of humanity. The Terminator was
considered a significant success, enhancing Schwarzenegger's and Cameron's
careers, but work on a sequel stalled because of animosity between the pair
and Hemdale Film Corporation , which partially owned the film's rights. In
1990, Schwarzenegger and Cameron persuaded Carolco Pictures to purchase the
rights from The Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd and Hemdale, which was
financially struggling. A release date was set for the following year, leaving
Cameron and Wisher seven weeks to write the script. Principal photography
began from October 1990 to March 1991, taking place in and around Los Angeles
on an estimated $94–102 million budget, making it the most expensive film made
at the time . The advanced visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM),
which include the first use of a computer-generated main character in a
blockbuster film, resulted in a schedule overrun. Theatrical prints were not
delivered to theaters until the night before the picture's release on July 3,
1991. Terminator 2 was a critical and commercial success, grossing $519–520.9
million at the box office to become the highest-grossing film of 1991
worldwide and the third-highest-grossing film of its time. The film won
several accolades, including Saturn , BAFTA , and Academy awards. Terminator 2
merchandise includes video games , comic books , novels , and T2-3D: Battle
Across Time , a live-action attraction. Terminator 2 is considered one of the
best science fiction, action, and sequel films ever made. It is also seen as a
major influence on visual effects in films, helping usher in the transition
from practical effects to reliance on computer-generated imagery . The United
States Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film
Registry in 2023. Although Cameron intended for Terminator 2 to be the end of
the franchise, it was followed by a series of sequels, including Terminator 3:
Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009), Terminator Genisys
(2015), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), as well as a 2008 television series
. Plot [ edit ] In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the
malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet
sends the T-1000 —an advanced, prototype, shape-shifting Terminator made of
virtually indestructible liquid metal —back in time to kill resistance leader
John Connor when he is a child. To protect Connor, the resistance sends back a
reprogrammed T-800 Terminator , a less-advanced metal endoskeleton covered in
synthetic flesh. In 1995 Los Angeles, John's mother Sarah is incarcerated in
Pescadero State Hospital for her violent efforts to prevent " Judgment Day
"—the prophesied events of August 29, 1997, when Skynet will gain sentience
and, in response to its creators' attempts to deactivate it, incite a nuclear
holocaust . John, living with foster parents, considers Sarah delusional and
resents her efforts to prepare him for his future role. The T-1000 locates
John in a shopping mall, but the T-800 intervenes, coming to John's aid and
enabling his escape. John calls to warn his foster parents, but the T-800
deduces the T-1000 has already killed them. Realizing the T-800 is programmed
to obey him, John forbids it from killing people and orders it to save Sarah
from the T-1000. The T-800 and John intercept Sarah during an escape attempt
but Sarah flees in horror because the T-800 resembles the Terminator sent to
kill her in 1984. [b] John and the T-800 persuade her to join them, and they
escape the pursuing T-1000. Although distrustful of the T-800, Sarah uses its
knowledge of the future to learn that a revolutionary microprocessor , being
developed by Cyberdyne engineer Miles Dyson , will be crucial to Skynet's
creation. Over the course of their journey, Sarah sees the T-800 serving as a
friend and father figure to John, who teaches it catchphrases and hand signs
while encouraging it to become more human-like. Sarah plans to escape to
Mexico with John, but a nightmare about Judgment Day convinces her to kill
Dyson. She attacks Dyson in his home but realizes she cannot kill a person and
relents. John arrives and reconciles with Sarah while the T-800 convinces
Dyson of the future consequences of his work. Dyson reveals his research has
been reverse engineered from the CPU and severed arm of the 1984 Terminator.
Believing his work must be destroyed, Dyson aids Sarah, John, and the T-800 to
break into Cyberdyne, retrieve the CPU and the arm, and set explosives to
destroy the lab. The police assault the building and fatally shoot Dyson, but
he detonates the explosives as he dies . The T-1000 pursues the surviving
trio, cornering them in a steel mill . Sarah and John split up to escape while
the T-1000 mangles the T-800 and briefly deactivates it by destroying its
power source. The T-1000 assumes Sarah's appearance to lure out John but Sarah
intervenes and, along with the reactivated T-800, pushes it into a vat of
molten steel, where it disintegrates. The T-800 explains it must also be
destroyed to prevent it from serving as a foundation for Skynet. Despite
John's tearful protests, the T-800 persuades him its destruction is the only
way to protect their future. Sarah shakes the T-800's hand and, having come to
respect it, lowers it into the vat. The T-800 gives John a thumbs-up as it is
incinerated. As Sarah drives down a highway with John, she reflects on her
renewed hope for an unknown future, musing if the T-800 could learn the value
of life, so can humanity. Cast [ edit ] See also: List of Terminator
characters (Left to right) Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured in 2003), Linda
Hamilton (2009), and Robert Patrick (2014) Arnold Schwarzenegger as the
Terminator : a reprogrammed Model 101 Series 800 "T-800" Terminator that is
composed of human tissue over a metal endoskeleton [3] Linda Hamilton as Sarah
Connor : a self-trained soldier who is dedicated to preventing the rise of
Skynet [4] Edward Furlong as John Connor : Sarah's son who is destined to lead
the human resistance in opposition to Skynet [5] Robert Patrick as T-1000 : an
advanced, shape-shifting, prototype Terminator that is composed of liquid
metal [6] Earl Boen as Dr. Peter Silberman: Sarah's doctor at Pescadero State