Production Year: 1991 - Action/Adventure - Director: James Cameron - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:S. Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Jenette Goldstein, Earl Boen, Xander Berkeley, Joe Morton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger more
A deadly shape-shifting assassin (Robert Patrick) is sent back in time to succeed where his cyborg predecessor failed--to eliminate Sarah Connor's son (Edward Furlong) before he... more
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Schwarzenegger at the very apex of his Hollywood celebrity and James Cameron at the peak of his perfectionist directorial powers. Nothing the star did subsequently measured up to his iconic performance here, spouting legendary catchphrases and wielding weaponry with unparalleled cool; and while the director had an even bigger hit with the bloated and sentimental Titanic, few followers of his career would deny that Cameron's true forte has always been sci-fi action. With an incomparably bigger budget than its 1984 precursor, T2 essentially reworks the original scenario with envelope-stretching special effects and simply more, more, more of everything. Yet, for all its scale, T2 remains at heart a classic sci-fi tale: robots running amok, time travel paradoxes and dystopian future worlds are recurrent genre themes, which are here simply revitalised by Cameron's glorious celebration of the mechanistic. From the V-twin roar of a Harley Fat Boy to the metal-crunching Steel Mill finale, the director's fascination with machines is this movie's strongest motif: it's no coincidence that the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly is a robot. Now that impressive but unengaging CGI effects have come to over-dominate sci-fi movies (think of The Phantom Menace), T2's pivotal blending of extraordinary live-action stuntwork and FX looks more and more like it will never be equalled. --Mark Walker
Schwarzenegger at the very apex of his Hollywood celebrity and James Cameron at the peak of his perfectionist directorial powers. Nothing the star did subsequently measured up to his iconic performance here, spouting legendary catchphrases and wielding weaponry with unparalleled cool; and while the director had an even bigger hit with the bloated and sentimentalTitanic, few followers of his career would deny that Cameron's truefortehas always been sci-fi action. With an incomparably bigger budget than its 1984 precursor,T2essentially reworks the original scenario with envelope-stretching special effects and simply more, more, more of everything. Yet, for all its scale,T2remains at heart a classic sci-fi tale: robots running amok, time travel paradoxes and dystopian future worlds are recurrent genre themes, which are here simply revitalised by Cameron's glorious celebration of the mechanistic. From the V-twin roar of a Harley Fat Boy to the metal-crunching Steel Mill finale, the director's fascination with machines is this movie's strongest motif: it's no coincidence that the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly is a robot. Now that impressive but unengaging CGI effects have come to over-dominate sci-fi movies (think ofThe Phantom Menace),T2's pivotal blending of extraordinary live-action stuntwork and FX looks more and more like it will never be equalled.On the DVD: Oh, if only every DVD could be like this. Here is a DVD package worthy of this monumental movie, with so many extra features the viewer will spend hours simply trying to find them all (the animated menus alone are worth watching over and over again.) On the second disc there are three extensive documentaries (all good, all relatively straightforward), but things get more complicated as you burrow down through the menu layers of Cyberdyne Systems into the "Data Hub": the entire screenplay, storyboards, text features, dozens and dozens of video clips, deleted scenes, and thousands of stills.The movie disc itself will cause even hardened surround-sound enthusiasts to gasp with joy as these explosive soundscapes come alive in Dolby 5.1 or DTS (hear that Harley roar!), while the anamorphic widescreen picture of the original theatrical 2.35:1 ratio is jaw-droppingly impressive. The exhaustive commentary is a patchwork of interviews with various key cast and crew members. The only disappointment here is that, unlike the almost identical Region 1 version, this Region 2 package does not include the DVD-ROM features nor the option to play the original theatrical release and the hidden "Ultimate Edition"--the only version here is the Director's Cut Special Edition, although the few extra scenes that make up the "Ultimate" edit can still be found in the "Data Core" section of the second disc. --Mark Walker
Schwarzenegger at the very apex of his Hollywood celebrity and James Cameron at the peak of his perfectionist directorial powers. Nothing the star did subsequently measured up to his iconic performance here, spouting legendary catchphrases and wielding weaponry with unparalleled cool; and while the director had an even bigger hit with the bloated and sentimental Titanic, few followers of his career would deny that Cameron's true forte has always been sci-fi action. With an incomparably bigger budget than its 1984 precursor, T2 essentially reworks the original scenario with envelope-stretching special effects and simply more, more, more of everything. Yet, for all its scale, T2 remains at heart a classic sci-fi tale: robots running amok, time travel paradoxes and dystopian future worlds are recurrent genre themes, which are here simply revitalised by Cameron's glorious celebration of the mechanistic. From the V-twin roar of a Harley Fat Boy to the metal-crunching Steel Mill finale, the director's fascination with machines is this movie's strongest motif: it's no coincidence that the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly is a robot. Now that impressive but unengaging CGI effects have come to over-dominate sci-fi movies (think of The Phantom Menace), T2's pivotal blending of extraordinary live-action stuntwork and FX looks more and more like it will never be equalled. On the DVD: Oh, if only every DVD could be like this. Here is a DVD package worthy of this monumental movie, with so many extra features the viewer will spend hours simply trying to find them all (the animated menus alone are worth watching over and over again.) On the second disc there are three extensive documentaries (all good, all relatively straightforward), but things get more complicated as you burrow down through the menu layers of Cyberdyne Systems into the "Data Hub": the entire screenplay, storyboards, text features, dozens and dozens of video clips, deleted scenes, and thousands of stills. The movie disc itself will cause even hardened surround-sound enthusiasts to gasp with joy as these explosive soundscapes come alive in Dolby 5.1 or DTS (hear that Harley roar!), while the anamorphic widescreen picture of the original theatrical 2.35:1 ratio is jaw-droppingly impressive. The exhaustive commentary is a patchwork of interviews with various key cast and crew members. The only disappointment here is that, unlike the almost identical Region 1 version, this Region 2 package does not include the DVD-ROM features nor the option to play the original theatrical release and the hidden "Ultimate Edition"--the only version here is the Director's Cut Special Edition, although the few extra scenes that make up the "Ultimate" edit can still be found in the "Data Core" section of the second disc. --Mark Walker
Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: Jonathon Mostow - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristinna Loken, David Andrews
Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: Quentin Tarantino - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Daryl Hannah, Julie Dreyfus, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox
Production Year: 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: Joseph McGinty - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell, Crispin Glover
Action/Adventure - Director: James Cameron - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Paul Winfield, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Advantages: Groundbreaking for special effects, excellent all round performance Disadvantages: Linda Hamilton below par, but nothing major
...Terminator. Like the first film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, and was met with great commercial and critical success, noted for being the first film to use human motion for the CG special effects.
The Plot
Ten years on from surviving the attack from the menacing Terminator, sent back from the future to prevent her giving birth to her son, John, Sarah Connor finds herself institutionalised after trying ... ...sequel as it transpires the Terminator is a version of the previous, and is actually sent back to protect Sarah and her now 10-year-old son John from the new threat - the other man, a more advanced Terminator, model T-1000, capable of metamorphosing into some dangerous things and seemingly indestructible. So, it's on the run again for Sarah Connor.
The Cast and Performances
This time round in the role of the original Terminator, Arnie has a little ...
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Advantages: extra unseen footage Disadvantages: none
...Terminator2,Judgement Day - The Ultimate Edition DVD restores over 15 mins of additional material to the original theatrical release of the film, including Sarah Conner's vision of the late Kyle Reese, the reprogramming of Terminator by John and Sarah, and the obsession of Miles Dyson tocreate the computer chip that could lead the world to nuclear destruction. these scenes, and more, enhance this tour de force of astounding visuals and powerful emotions to create a compelling new version of one of the biggest hits of all time. The new DD 5.1 THX EX soundtrack is stellar as is the new 16x9 transfer...
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...It is very seldom that a sequel is equal to, much less better than, the original movie. The second Terminator movie is defintaely better than the original. Arnold Schwartzinagger (or however you spell it!!) has a running policy of never making sequels, but he made an exception here after seeing the script. The machines try again to stop the humans by sending an advanced terminator back to kill John Conner, but the humans again are able to send their own unit back, this time a reprogrammed terminator, to stop the machines' plans. Arnie plays a great hero and this movie comes out as one of the best in the genre ever produced....
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Advantages: Great special effects, and greater plot. Disadvantages: None.
...By far one of the best films I have ever seen, with the film as exciting and worrying all the way though. The scene of the world being destroyed was a beautifully created one, and one that I wish never to see. Although Arnie was the baddie in the first, he returns as the goodie in this one, trying to protect John O'Conner and his mother while trying to Terminate the T-2000, who is out to kill them all, and change history.
I think this has to be one of the best films ever made, and the moral and social conflicts of this film are far too over looked.
One of Camerons best....
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Actor(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Joe Morton, Xander Berkeley, Earl Boen, Jenette Goldstein, Castulo Guerra, S. Epatha Merkerson
Director(s): James Cameron
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1991
Franchise Name: Terminator
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: Sarah Connor has a son, now aged ten. For her the nightmare has almost passed, that is until a second terminator is sent to end the life of the future resistance leader.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT; ELEVATION SALES; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
DVD Description
A deadly shape-shifting assassin (Robert Patrick) is sent back in time to succeed where his cyborg predecessor failed--to eliminate Sarah Connor's son (Edward Furlong) before he gets a chance to make history, leading the humans in a war against the machines. The original cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) also returns, but this time as the boy's protector.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital
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