Terminator 2: Judgment Day

This time Mr. Heavy Metal is on the side of the good guys. Naturally, he isn't quite as much fun.

Twenty-six years later, T2 has lost none of its thrilling power, feminist ferocity, and ominous foreboding-and seen on a big screen, it still puts most of its modern Hollywood progeny to shame.

Even though this movie was made nearly 30 years ago, almost nothing about it feels dated.

Twenty-six years after its release on Independence Day weekend in 1991, it's difficult not to watch Terminator 2: Judgement Day through a scrim of irony.

Linda Hamilton gets so little due respect over the years for how much of the film's midsection rides on her.

"The Terminator 2" is movie-making on a massive scale, packed dense with spectacular touches that are too many to describe - escape scenes, helicopter stunts and huge explosions.

James Cameron's critically and commercially acclaimed sci-fi blockbuster is still an almost-perfect sequel, 33 years after its release.

Terminator 2 was the perfect sequel as it gave bigger and better action sequences and chases and also changed things around to get the story going in a new direction

Like a relentless T-800 on a mission, this film continues to dominate as the greatest action movie ever made. Nearly 25 years later, it remains a high-octane adrenaline rush that’s guaranteed to have grown men weeping by the third act.

[Cameron's] showmanship is legendary, his capacity for orchestrating mayhem unparalleled. And Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a prime example.