Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film, the second installment of the Terminator franchise and the sequel to The Terminator . Directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher, Jr., it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong. Terminator 2 follows Sarah Connor and her son John as they are pursued by a new, more advanced Terminator, the liquid metal, shapeshifting T-1000 , sent back in time to kill John to stop him from becoming leader of the human Resistance. An older, less advanced Terminator is also sent... back in time to protect John. After a troubled pre-production characterized by legal disputes, Mario Kassar of Carolco Pictures emerged with the franchise's property rights in early 1990. This paved the way for the completion of the screenplay by the Cameron-led production team, and the subsequent accelerated 186-day filming schedule starting in October 1990. The production of Terminator 2 required an unprecedented budget of more than $94 million , much of which was spent on filming and special effects.
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| Release date: | July 1, 1991 |
| Directed by: | James Cameron |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 137 Minutes |
| Producer: | James Cameron |
| Editor: | Mark Goldblatt, Dody Dorn, Conrad Buff, Richard A. Harris |
| Music by: | Brad Fiedel |
| Cinematography: | Adam Greenberg |
| Screenplay by: | James Cameron, William Wisher Jr. |
| Estimated budget: | $100,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |