Terminator 2: Judgment Day

In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends a Terminator—a highly advanced killing machine—back in time to kill the future leader of the human resistance, John Connor, when he is a child. The resistance sends back a less advanced, reprogrammed T-800 Terminator, a metal endoskeleton covered in living tissue, to protect Connor and ensure the future of humanity. In 1995 Los Angeles, John's mother Sarah is incarcerated in Pescadero State Hospital for her violent efforts to prevent "Judgment Day"—the prophesied events of August 29, 1997, when Skynet will become self-aware and incite a nuclear holocaust. The T-1000 locates John in a shopping mall, but the T-800 intervenes, coming to John's aid and enabling his escape.