Red Dawn vs Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.7/10 for Red Dawn). Red Dawn is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 17m. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the older of the two (1991 against 2012). Both are action, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Red DawnTerminator 2: Judgment Day
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 8.1/10
Year20121991
Length1h 33m2h 17m
GenresAction, ThrillerAction, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorDan BradleyJames Cameron
Main castWill Yun Lee, Chris Hemsworth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alyssa Diaz, Adrianne PalickiRobert Patrick, S. Epatha Merkerson, Joe Morton, Earl Boen, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Synopsis

Red Dawn

A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of…

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

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