The Terminator (1984) ends with Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese successfully destroying the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent from the future to kill Sarah. After the battle, Sarah and Kyle share a tender moment before Kyle disappears, having been sent back in time to protect Sarah and ensure the future of
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick, it is the sequel to The Terminator (1984) and is the second installment in the Terminator franchise. In the film, the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet sends a Terminator—a highly advanced killing machine—back in time to 1995 to kill the future leader of the human resistance, John Connor, when he is a child. The resistance sends back a less advanced, reprogrammed Terminator to protect Connor and ensure the future of humanity.