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Summary: Woo and Cruise fail to deliver.
Review: With all the advertising hoopla that preceded this film, who would have expected it to be such a huge disappointment? If you have watched the trailer of this film, then you have seen all that is worth seeing in the full film. Woo does not seem to have come out of the 'Face/off' mode, with the slow motion shots and the pigeons flying reminding the viewers of the classier, more enjoyable 'Face/off'. Cruise does not seem to have learnt anything from the first part fiasco as this film slips from mediocrity to outright ennui. The first scene and the last scene are tolerable, but if you fell asleep during the middle part, you were not alone!
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Summary: Your mission if you choose to accept it. Buy this movie
Review: This movie is awesome. Tom cruise was excellent. But the thing that go me is that he did all of his stunts. John Woo did an excellent job of making the stunts happen. Story Line 10 of 10 Ethan Hunt goes undercover to stop a mad man from releasing a deadly virues on the world that will kill in under two days. You will love this movie if you are an action lover! Even if you aren't you will love it
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Summary: Good, could be better (though it may be impossible)
Review: I enjoyed Mission: Impossible 2 a lot. The plot was good, there were many surprises, the action was well set, the script was good, the chick was hot, and the soundtrack is my absolute favorite I have heard. The one thing which I think could be better was Tom Cruise. Sure, he is good for action and all the girls think he is good looking. But, he is just not like the original series actors. Such as, when he got the surprise rocket in the beginning, he didn't treat it like it was anything. I think he should have been really surprised, much more than he was. And later, when he was told to go in to the building with the time locked door plates, he took it the wrong way. He should have been more afraid yet cool of the idea, instead of, "Sure, I can." Beyond that, it was a great movie.
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Summary: What was that bike stuff???
Review: I bought it 'cuz I watched it in the theater and I though it is a cool movie. But as I watch repeatedly, I started to get tired of it because of the long bike-racing and fighting scene at the end of the movie. (I think first and middle part of the movie is pretty good...) If it is'nt "Mission Impossible 2", it's acceptable. But I felt these scences spoiled the theme of Mission Impossible. If you really like the original one, I don't recommend U to buy this stuff.
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Summary: Woo drops the ball
Review: Am I the only one who thinks that John Woo is overrated? I have enjoyed many of his films, but he has become a parody of himself. In any given John Woo film, you are sure to see doves fluttering through the air, a stand-off between two protagonists simultaneously pointing guns at each other, a woman whose only real reason for being in the film is to form a triangle with said protagonists, far too much slow motion photography and a healthy dose of obvious religious imagery that has little, if anything, to do with the story. This time around, I just couldn't work up any interest in what I was seeing. It all felt so tired and old. And that motorcycle duel belongs on a short list of the most ludicrous action sequences I have ever seen. This film is only for those who believe that Woo can do no wrong.
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Summary: mission Impossible 2
Review: This movie was ausom and one of my favoret action movies. I admit it can get a little far fetched at times but it is good action with stil a good plot (that is hard to find in a action movies thes days,Exit wounds is an example of a pointless movie)
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Summary: Less complex than Mission: Impossible 1
Review: I don't seem to understand why many people seem to underate this movie. Mission Impossible 2 is a pretty good movie from the scene where Ethan Hunt climbs up the Arizona rocks to the scene where he fights the enemy at the beach. However, the story is not well developed. Not much action, too much talking and less locations. The movie is mainly set in Australia. It could be more interesting if there were more places to travel. The good things that I liked about this movie is that this movie is like an American version of James Bond 007. And of course, I think James Bond is the coolest secret agent to stop terrorists. It's less complex than Mission: Impossible 1 because after seeing that movie, I was baffled and had to see it six times to get the full meaning if it. I reccomend this movie if you like James Bond.
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Summary: Wonderfully Visual Action Re-Make of "Notorious" !!
Review: I was surprised to discover that this is a refashioning of Hitchcock's 1946 classic "Notorious." While Cruise and Newton are no Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, they don't try to be. Refreshingly, the film only borrows the shell of the story, without trying to be some kind of remake. Thandie Newton is, in particular, a pleasure in this film. Not only does she have truckloads of screen presence, is strikingly beautiful (I can't stop watching her when she's onscreen), and can actually act, she has been given an actual flesh and blood, thinking, real character to portray ... not just "the woman." I was disappointed in one scene, though, where she - an obviously skilled pickpocket - makes the grevious error of replacing an item into the wrong pocket from which she'd originally picked it, which reveals herself to the villain. However, later, she regains this ground when she injects herself with the virus, turning herself from a somewhat disposable character into suddenly the most valuable person in the room. But what I like most about this film is something I like about other Woo films I've seen (Face/Off). He takes characters who symbolically represent figures from ancient mythology and puts them into an arena to fight it out. This film tells you in the first sentence what the story is really about: "When you set out to create a hero, you must first create something that all heroes require: a villain." We return to this theme at the very end during the motorcycle chase. When the two men fly off of those cycles and slam into each other, we finally have our hero and our villain, our virus and antivirus, engaged in mortal combat - each as brutal, each as determined, each as clever. Wordlessly pounding each other on that surf-battered shore, in truly operatic fashion, the film elevates from a mere action movie to the level of mythology, and to one myth in particular: the desperate battle between good and evil. Woo realizes this myth on the screen in true, splashy, Saturday matinee fashion, and - on that level - it is quite a pleasure to watch!
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Summary: A bit of mindless fun
Review: Yes, you have to put your brain on hold and suspend your disbelief higher than the cliff Cruise's character dangles from but if you want a movie purely for stunts, you will probably enjoy this one. The plot may be tired and thread-bare but the movie is a nice filler when you don't want a deep movie but one that just carries you along for a fun ride. Yes, it's loaded with a bunch of cliche-type elements and characters but some of the stunts truly were exciting and innovative -- even if many of them stretched belief way past the breaking point. If you want a movie with character depth, heart, unique stuntwork and kick-butt fighting sequences watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If you want testosterone-laden stunts without the bother of needing your brain, this one may just fit the bill.
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Summary: not even a guilty pleasure
Review: Wow. Amazing. I was so very impressed at how bad this movie was. There were others in the theater that shared my point of view; I know this because I could actually hear them roll their eyes during the ridiculous courtship and expedited consummation of the Cruise and Newton character's "relationship." I know this because I heard them laughing during the tedious, overwrought "action" sequences. And I know this because I heard them HOWL when Cruise emoted his laughable dialogue to Newton before parachuting from inside of the building. A real triumph in bad movie making. Bravo Mr. Woo!!
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