Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Rewatchables
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Apex Mountain

Arnold Schwarzenegger; Linda Hamilton; Edward Furlong; Robert Patrick; Robert Patrick's running; insane asylums; summer blockbusters as an event; Terminator franchise

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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger is a yes, with agreement: after four straight hits and this, he could have been believed in anything, even as governor.
  • A son remarked while watching that Schwarzenegger was the best bodybuilder, a big movie star and then governor.
  • Linda Hamilton, Furlong, Robert Patrick and Robert Patrick's running are all yeses.
  • James Cameron is a no because his peak is still Titanic; Avatar is offered only to be contrary.
  • 1991 is an insane-asylum year with this and Silence of the Lambs, taking the title from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
  • Chin-ups are raised with Cape Fear from the same year; the answer is ambiguous.
  • No actor has sprinted better; Cruise runs in every movie but never did it like this.
  • Pre-CGI sci-fi is a no, with Aliens and Star Wars ahead.
  • Arcades may peak here after Tron and The Last Starfighter, the last time one worked in a movie, offered with 'I guess'.
  • One-liners get a maybe, with The Matrix's 'I know Kung Fu' as a rival.
  • This is Apex Mountain for summer blockbusters as an event; Speed as the first intentional summer blockbuster and Jaws as the unintentional first are debated, and T2 with Jurassic Park is the first movie onslaught of film plus prepackaged promotion.
  • T2 is also Apex Mountain for the Terminator franchise, since later time-travel sequels got convoluted and reboots never got back there.