8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Overview
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
8.3
Overview
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film leans left due to its central critique of the military-industrial complex (Cyberdyne Systems) as the source of global catastrophe, emphasizing human agency to prevent a destructive future and promoting a message of anti-violence and redemption.
The film features primarily traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on themes of survival and humanity's future, without critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
The film features Sarah Connor, who, while escaping a psychiatric hospital, engages in and wins multiple close-quarters physical confrontations against male hospital staff and guards, utilizing improvised weapons and hand-to-hand combat.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on its core sci-fi action plot without incorporating elements related to queer identity or experiences, resulting in no direct portrayal to evaluate.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in a net impact rating of N/A for this specific criterion.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day features returning characters whose genders remain consistent with their portrayal in the previous film. New characters introduced in this installment do not represent gender swaps of established roles.
All primary characters in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, including Sarah Connor and the T-800, maintain the same racial portrayal as established in the original film. New characters introduced are consistent with the existing narrative and do not involve a change from a previously established race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.6
8.1
Critic Ratings
9.1
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