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Summary: Not your average action film
Review: For John Woo fans out there, no introduction into the Woo style of cinematography is required. MI2 is easily John Woo's best direction in a film, and probably his second best movie only to Hard Boiled. Where MI2 departs from Woo's previous accomplishments is that gone are the corny male bonding scenes and stunt driven plots in favor of a true emotionally driven action-adventure film. MI2 is the kind of film that Bruckheimer has been trying to make for years. MI2 is bare of all the gushy, contrived action film emotions in favor of a naturalistic approach to real-persons super-agent Ethan. Expect the most fluid camera work and the most stunning visuals you've ever seen in a true "action" film.
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Summary: Summer action fun
Review: If you're looking for a movie that will a)change your life b)move you c)challenge your artistic senses, don't get this one. If you're looking for something that's designed purely for fun, here's your summer action flick ticket. It has beautiful people, stunning visuals, and lots of action. Cruise is just as fun as always. Thandie Newton is beautiful and talented. If you've seen Ever After, it's a trip to see Dougray Scott as the quite wicked villian. And I just adore Ving Rhames - my only problem with this movie is that he wasn't on screen enough! As for the plot? Who cares! The world was threatened and a dedicated team of adventurers came to the rescue. And they did it with flash and style.When I'm looking for plot and art I look for something along the lines of Shakespeare in Love. When I'm looking for thoughtless fun, I look for Mission Impossible.
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Summary: A Whole Lotta Fun
Review: I was dissapointed to see that most of the reviews for this movie were less than favorable. I'll admit that this film has little in common with the first film, and the entire Mission Impossible TV series, but thats not the point of this movie. Like most action films, the point is to take you on a ride of spectacle, and MI2 does that over and over again. Any complaints against the film are by people who have developed such a short attention span that they cant sit through any "boring scenes with no action". Lighten up, this movie isnt trying to win the best picture oscar, its just trying to have fun. Forget about everything else and enjoy the ride.
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Summary: Total Rubbish!
Review: I have to admit, I am not an 'action movie' person, but I HAD quite enjoyed 'Mission Impossible 1', and thought the sequal might be vaguely entertaining. It wasn't. The plot involved secret potions, killer viruses, test tubes and these 'mask' things which people would sport to look like OTHER people, fooling them completely even whilst KISSING! In short - this movie was absurd. The 'fight scenes' went on FOREVER (no, really - for EVER!), and it was all just very silly and rather pointless. The best thing I can say about this movie is that the soundtrack had a pretty cooking bass line...and that Tom Cruise has REALLY good hair in it! Sorry, Amazon - but I've got to tell it like it is: Mission Impossible 2 is total rubbish (but I'd LOVE to know what sort of conditioner that Cruise guy is using!)
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Summary: Total waste of time.
Review: Worst acting in years, worst attempt at a story, can't even compare to the worst Bond movie. I'll bet this is the first "action movie" that many people dozed off in.
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Summary: "the new improved complete collection of hollywood cliches "
Review: for those of you who have not read gene siskels big book of hollywood cliches,read it youll have loads of fun if you watch this movie afterwards, john woo has meticulously gone about taking the most cliched parts of all action movies ever done and assembled it together in mi-2,not satisfied he has done scene to scene reconstruction of the previous mission impossible with slightly diffrent settings like the fall through the shaft and the vehicle chase ending. aircraft interior begining ,insider cheating etc. and the music is there in such a manner that it becomes difficult to concentrate on the screen. and tom cruise hasnt trained half as hard as keanu reeves did on matrix,so his stunts look concocted and extremely artificial. however the triumph bikes were gorgeous, hence the one star.
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Summary: Eye Candy
Review: Now lets get this straight. If you want to be involved in a thick plot and submerged in dramatic detail I suggest reading a book. However if you want to be bedazzled by speacial effects and amazing action seqences, then see Mission Impossible 2. An extremely entertaining film, Mission Impossible 2 can be described as a two hour music video. It's the epitimy of a Summer blockbuster, it has it all, action, an unbelievable plot etc and it has Tom Cruise. For what it is worth Mission Impossible 2 is vastly entertaining. I suggest it to anyone who wants to be visualy amazed but not those looking for realistic romance and a beleivable plot.
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Summary: This movie is truly awesome.
Review: The first mission: impossible was an extremely excellent movie, with a great plot. But M:I - 2 beat that. What they were missing in plot they more than made up in action. the action sequences are absolutely excellent and the plot is not enough to ruin the movie in all. in fact it helps becuase it's not so complecated that people can't understand it like the other one was. Overall Great Movie.
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Summary: Good action film, good music, average plot, solid acting
Review: This film is quite good if all you are looking for is some rapid fire action scenes, lots of explosions, good chase scenes, and a love story wrapped up into it. I Thandie Newton is a big bright spot, she looks magical on screen, beautiful and mysteriously charming. Tom Cruise does a good job as well, although the object of the film seems to be to get as many closeups on his face as possible. Dougray Scott does alright as a villain, but his Scottish accent somehow sounds fake. There's a lot of tricky spy stuff in this story. People changing faces, masks, lots of deceit, lots of twists, but it is not as unpredictable as you might think. John Woo does a fine job of creating quality action scenes, including slow-mo Matrix type sequences. The story really flows together well, so I would definitely recommend this action thrill-fest. If what you're looking for is a completely serious movie, bound by all kinds of rules and restrictions, this isn't for you, but if you want some fun, a good story in the tradition of the original Mission Impossible series, and great action delivered by the master himself, John Woo, then this is a good film for you. Personally its worth seeing just for some of the acting. Newton and Cruise have great chemistry together, and she seems ready to become a major actress in her own right, she's well worth seeing, and Cruise as usual, delivers an excellent performance.
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Summary: John Woo filtered!
Review: I am a big fan of John Woo, one of the best action directors in the world! But I must say that it was a big disappointment to see such a weak and trite movie from one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and one of the best action directors in the world! Not only was the story trite and weak, but also the action was very old and unimaginative. To see the brilliance of John Woo, check out Boiling Point and the Killer, two great movies with another great actor Chow Yun-Fat. And most of the action from MI2 was from other Woo movies. Not only did the final battle look fake, but the frantic and fast pace of Woo's other movies were missing here. One thing Hollywood loves to do is to import great foreign directors, then to take away what made them great. And if I see one more white Dove in a John Woo film, I might go crazy. I know it's his signature, but enough is enough!
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