In this sequel set eleven years after The Terminator, young John Connor, the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shapeshifting T-1000, a Terminator sent from the future to kill him. Another Terminator, the revamped T-800, is sent back to protect the boy. As John and his mother go on the run with the T-800, the boy forms an unexpected bond with the robot.