Biggest Box Office : Terminator 2 Judgement Day - James Cameron knocked it out of the park with this white-knuckle sequel to the 1984 action masterpiece that was the first Terminator. This time around, an upgraded model of the Terminator called a T-1000 is sent back to kill future savior John Connor when he is an adolescent boy. Sent back to protect him is a reprogrammed T-800 (the same model that was sent back ten years prior to murder his mother before he was born). Naturally, Sarah Connor has some trust issues, but John uses this opportunity to try and teach a machine the importance of human life in this beautifully written (and, admittedly heavy-handed) morality play. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a surprisingly powerful and nuanced performance of the machine with an emergent conscience. Young Edward Furlong is incredible as John Connor, but it is Linda Hamilton who gives a masterful performance as Sarah Connor. Gone is the meek woman from the first film, here replaced with a woman who is so committed to the cause that she starts becoming not unlike the Terminator herself. This film will forever be remembered for revolutionizing visual effects with the presentation of the liquid metal T-1000 and that, whiled earned, is kind of a shame because what is left forgotten is just how good this screenplay, the execution of action and how powerful Hamilton's performance all are.