What’s Aged the Worst?
Edward Furlong's uneven performance; forgotten good-guy reveal; "Why do you cry" line; Furlong aging during the shoot
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- Furlong's performance is an uneven basketball box score, with a few threes, turnovers and LaMelo-like flashes, occasionally delivering a great pocket pass.
- Furlong gives glimpses of what could have been one of the best if the consistency held, but creatively and personally could not get out of his own way. — Van Lathan
- Two years earlier Leo from Growing Pains could have played John and taken it to another level; around 1985, River Phoenix or Christian Slater. Furlong was about 13 playing 10 and does not hurt the movie.
- The Arnold-is-the-good-guy reveal aged worst in that nobody remembers how huge it was; nephews are instead surprised Arnold is the villain in the first film.
- The 'why do you cry' exchange is corny and would have been cut despite its later payoff.
- Furlong aged during the shoot: his voice broke and a growth spurt forced reshoots, looping, and standing in a hole to keep his height below Linda Hamilton's.
- Little else aged badly; the movie is called pretty flawless and the others have nothing to add.