Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Los Angeles, 1995. Sarah is locked up at Pescadero State Hospital because no one believes her about Judgment Day, set for August 29, 1997. Ten-year-old John lives with foster parents. Two machines arrive from the future: the liquid-metal T-1000, sent to kill John, and a reprogrammed T-800 sent to protect him. John orders the cyborg to break his mother out and forbids it to kill. Sarah learns that Cyberdyne engineer Miles Dyson will build Skynet from the first Terminator's chip. She goes to kill him but can't. Dyson helps destroy the lab and dies doing it. At a steel mill, the T-1000 falls into molten steel. The T-800 asks to be destroyed too and sinks into the steel with a thumbs-up. Sarah and John drive on, the future still open.

1. Behind the scenesLinda Hamilton's twin sister

   Leslie, Linda Hamilton's twin, was cast for the shots where two Sarahs appear at once.

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2. Behind the scenesEdward Furlong had never acted

   Furlong was spotted at a Boys & Girls Club in Pasadena with zero acting experience and became the 10-year-old John Connor.

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3. Behind the scenesThe first computer-made lead

   ILM's liquid-metal T-1000 was the first main character built in CGI for a blockbuster. Rendering 15 seconds took about ten days.

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4. Behind the scenes“Hasta la vista, baby” came from calls

   The line was something Cameron and co-writer William Wisher used to say to each other on the phone.

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5. CameoMichael Biehn's cut cameo

   Michael Biehn's Kyle Reese came back in one of Sarah's dreams. The scene was cut from the theatrical version.

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