WHAT: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991. Directed by James Cameron. 35 mm, 137 minutes.
WHEN: Friday October 16th and Saturday October 17th @ 7pm and 9:30pm
Sunday October 18th @ 3pm
WHERE: 5th Ave Cinema, 510 SW Hall St. @ PSU
FREE for PSU Students, Faculty and Staff with ID; $2 for
Other Students, Seniors and Children; $3 General Admission
SYNOPSIS:
Asequel to the sci-fi action thriller that made him and star ArnoldSchwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameronupped the ante with this follow-up by employing a more sweepingstoryline and cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns asSarah Connor, now a single mother to rebellious teen John Connor(Edward Furlong), during the late nineties. Having been informed by atime-traveling soldier in the first film that John will one day grow upto become humanitys savior from a computer-controlled Armageddon,Sarah has responded by becoming a muscle-bound she-warrior bent oneducating John in survival tactics and battle strategies. Her rantingabout humankinds future has landed Sarah in an insane asylum and Johnin the foster care system. The rebellious John has responded to hissituation by getting into scrapes with the law. When a new and improvedTerminator android called the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) arrives from thefuture to eliminate John, an older model T-800 (Schwarzenegger) is sentto protect the boy. The T-1000, however, has the ability to morphitself into any shape it desires, allowing it chameleon-like powers andnear indestructibility. The T-800 saves Johns life and helps breakSarah out of the institution. Staying only one step ahead of the doggedT-1000, Sarah leads her son and the T-800 to the headquarters ofCyberdyne Systems, the company that will invent a robotic intelligencethat will eventually take over the world. There, they attempt toconvince inventor Miles Dyson (Joe Morton) to help them stop the futurefrom ever occurring by destroying his work. Dyson sacrifices himself inan explosion to save the world, leading to a final showdown between thetwo Terminators at a steel foundry. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991),which won four Oscars in technical categories for its groundbreakingeffects, was followed by a short sequel filmed exclusively as anattraction for theme parks, Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time (1996).
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
