Terminator 2: Judgment Day the legal gridlock. The end of the legal disputes coincided with the willingness and availability of Cameron, Schwarzenegger, and Hamilton to participate in the sequel; Schwarzenegger, who portrayed the Terminator in the first film, commented: "I always felt we should continue the story of "The Terminator", I told Jim that right after we finished the first film." He and Hamilton reprised their respective roles from the first "Terminator" film. After an extensive casting search, 13-year-old Edward Furlong was selected from hundreds of candidates to portray John Connor; Robert Patrick was chosen to play the T-1000 Terminator because his agility would
Terminator 2: Judgment Day blast by using air mortars to knock over the cityscape, including the intricately built buildings. "Terminator 2" had its worldwide premiere at the Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas in Century City, Los Angeles, on July 1, 1991, attended by VIPs including Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver. Following its domestic release on July 3, the film was progressively distributed to cinemas in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Spain, and at least ten other countries by the year's end. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" received widespread critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes – established on