He movie remains one of the best action movies of the 1990s and holds up as the best in the franchise. It also moved the focus to more of a sci-fi setting, with the original killer robot now returning to protect the woman’s son and a new robot killer showing up to finish the job the first one couldn’t.
However, T2 arrived and showed a glimpse of the apocalypse that was coming. While the first movie was a survival horror movie with an unstoppable robot killer trying to murder a young woman to prevent her from having a baby. Pic credit: Tri-Star PicturesĪfter finding success with the sci-fi horror movie Terminator, James Cameron returned to the franchise and directed the sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong in Terminator 2. The movie was a massive success, picking up 10 Oscar nominations and winning for Best Picture and Best Director, while Gibson also won Best Director at the Golden Globes. The movie told the story of William Wallace, the Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England.