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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
 | Information at Internet
Movie Database |
| Roger
Ebert Review, Chicago Sun-Times |
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"From Holy Aliens to
Cyborg Saviors: Biblical Subtexts in Four Science Fiction Films," Angon
Karl Kozlovic, Journal of Religion and Film. |
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"Christ Figures
Are Found in the Strangest Places," Steve Lansingh, TheFilmForum:
Christian Conversation about the Movies. |
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"Preaching Peace in
Hollywood," (Terminator 3, LOTR 3, and Matrix 3), Jeff Krantz and Michael
Hardin, preachingpeace.org. |
| Themes
 | Crucifixion, Redemption, Sacrifice
 | In the closing scene, the Terminator (who in the
previous film was the arch-enemy - links to Lucifer!), is lowered
into a vat of molten metal, because this is the only way to
destroy his otherwise indestructible micro-chip and the power of
destruction that it contains. The destruction must be accomplished
by his friends, as he is unable to "self-destruct" -
powerful connotations for considering the Judas story. The knowledge
of what it means to be human and to feel grief is also highlighted.
The final image of his destruction is a hand (God to man?
Crucifixion?) reaching up (also links back to the last image in the
first film, where the hand which kept coming alive represented the
power of evil.) The whole film has strong themes of salvation and
the cost of salvation - for instance, is it justifiable to destroy a
family in order to save the world? (David Hogg) |
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