Review: Terminator 2: Judgement Day is back on the big screen in 3D and still packs a powerful punch

REVIEW: Terminator 2 is Arnie in his absolute prime, not having to do much but emit catchphrases, hit marks, and keep a straight face. Genius.

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (M)

Rating: four and a half stars (4.5 out of 5)

Director: James Cameron (Avatar)

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Linda Hamilton.

The Arnie-val returns to town!

Not entirely sure what the mighty T erminator 2: Judgment Day is doing in cinemas again.

A bit of a buff-and-polish on the re-mastering front, plus a wholly unnecessary upgrade to 3D?

Sounds a bit like James Cameron will do anything to put off finishing all those Avatar sequels we keep hearing about. (Fair enough, too. He’s gonna have to live to the age of 140 to wrap the whole thing up.)

So how does this 1991 action classic stack up in 2017? Pretty darn good, actually.

How the heck did Arnold Schwarzenegger not get an Oscar nom for Terminator 2?

Terminator 2: Judgement Day is still a trip.

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You get Arnie in his absolute prime, not having to do much but crack a few timeless catchphrases, hit his marks, and keep a straight face. Genius.

You also get one of the great one-off villains of all-time in Robert Patrick, possibly the only actor in history to emote even less than Schwarzenegger while appearing in the same movie as the Austrian man-mountain.

And to cap it all off, you get a proper application of the Terminator myth that uses all of its elements (the time travel, the different models of ‘bots, and the enduring threat posed by Skynet) absolutely perfectly.

Arnie is back in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D.

And so is Sarah Connor.

To be frank, the special-effects appear quite dated to the modern eye, but not to the detriment of the movie as a whole.

Look at these images as you might a luxury antique sports car whooshing by, and T2 will still take you on the same great trip as always.