Reprising his role as a time-traveling, good-guy cyborg from the "Terminator" film series, Schwarzenegger's larger-than-life persona grows to even bigger proportions in the unique theme park presentations. Combining a well-known storyline, eye-popping 3-D film footage, in-theater 4-D effects, and live performers who interact with the action on the screen, T2 is an all-out assault on the senses.
- About Guide Rating (0=Yich!, 10=Wow!): 9.2
- Thrill Scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 2
No physical thrill-ride action, but violence and psychological thrills are intense. - Type: 4-D theatrical presentation
Morph-o-matic
Besides Schwarzenegger, the attraction boasts original Terminator co-stars Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor and Edward Furlong as her son, John. Robert Patrick, whose gooey metal body is able to assume any shape, is also back as the "T-1000" robot. (Hey, didn't Arnold pulverize him in the second movie?) This time his arms morph into some mighty impressive 3-D veg-o-matic-like blades. The audience ducks for cover when it's slice-and-dice time.James Cameron, the original Terminator auteur, is back in the director's chair. And Stan Winston, the special effects maven behind the "Aliens" creatures and the "Jurassic Park" dinosaurs as well as the Terminator robots, brings his impressive skills to the Universal attraction. It's credentials like these that helped push the 12-minute film's budget into the stratosphere. With wild, non-stop action, digital computer innovations, pyrotechnics, and special camera rigs thrown into the mix, this was the most expensive live action movie, per minute of film, ever produced when it debuted in 1996.
So what does all this money, technology and star-power deliver? T2 is a compelling, edge-of-your-seat, giddy experience. It is so engaging, audiences regularly rise and cheer Arnold and the gang with a standing ovation at the film's conclusion.
