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Summary: They should have left the first one alone
Review: The previews were misleading. They played Biskit and Metallica while running the action sequences, and I said to myself, "Ok, maybe it will be a good action/spy movie - but hopefully not a James Bond kind of thing.I didn't hope enough. First, I'll start with the "action" scenes. I saw 99% of them on the TV previews. And they were all lame. I don't know what Woo was thinking. They were flat-out lame - worse than the Bond movies (which are dumb in my view). The worse action scene was probably the beach fight, which was dragged out waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooo long. And what is with Cruise kicking the gun out of the sand and into his hand, then turning around and shooting the "villain"? Lame. Just lame. I started laughing in the theater - and so did many other people. So much for the "action movie" theme. I kept waiting for the movie to take off - kept waiting for the big actoin stuff that everyone said the movie had. It never came. Also, the masks and voice chips were used at least a half-dozen times, and it just got ridiculous. Now we'll move onto the plot and acting. What plot? As far as I could tell, there was this virus and Cruise and the what's-his-nose-bad guy play this mind game with the anti-venum. The dialogue is slow and poorly written. The "love" story is quite lame. The movie would have been better if Nyah would have shot herself while inside the laboratory. But sadly, Woo was too dumb to make one of the good-guys die. On the acting part, I thought Cruise actually did a decent job. Everyone else was just lame. But, I have a question: What were all the spies doing with Ausie/British (I really couldn't tell WHICH accent they were) accents? The CIA is American - their men in the field don't have those foreign accents. All in all, a lame, boring, laugh-able, "action" movie. I was incredibly disapointed in it, because it made a mockery of the first Mission: Impossible (which I absolutely love). Obviously, the complaints of those people who weren't smart enough to follow the first movie carried way too far into Woo's mind and into the directing of this film. They should have left the first one alone. But there was one good aspect of the movie: as the credits ran, they played Metallica's "I Disappear." Great song. Bad movie. Good soundtrack. Buy soundtrack. Don't buy movie.
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Summary: John Woo starts his US legacy
Review: ...I thought this movie was very entertaining and that's why Igo to watch movies. If people went to "action movies" thatonly were based on the truth and what could only happen in real lifethey would be boring. I really enjoyed some of the fightchoreagraphing in this movie. Being a Mission:Impossible movie therewere a lot of good special effects. That is what John Woo brings tohis movies and hopefully he will direct many more action films in thestates. If you enjoyed this movie make sure you check out Hard Boiledor The Killer starring Chow Yun Fat and directed by John Woo
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Summary: Oh Dear, what has happened here?
Review: Please, do not get this movie. It was utterly and stupidly ridiculous. I was so excited when I found out that they were making a 2nd mission impossible because the first one was amazing. I know a lot of people hated it because the ending didn't make sense, but trust me, if you watch it again and pay attention, it's amazing. But this...it was just schlock! Pure garbage! I love action movies! Action movies that are good. Not action movies that just completely waste your time trying to impress you with well choreographed fight sequences. That's the only reason I gave it 2 stars, the fight scenes were cool... BUT, I'm going to have to agree with one of the other reviews, it would have been easier not to do all of those turn things before just kicking the guy. And, please, you can't pop a wheelie on a motorcycle on the FRONT WHEEL! As for the plot, it's just so dumb. A virus is discovered that can kill the whole world if it gets into the wrong hands and of course...it does. And the virus thing was done in The Stand and Outbreak. And all the gadgets and things. Come on...this is Mission Impossible, not James Bond. It completely just rips off the James Bond franchise only they somehow got Tom Cruise to do the part. And I'm even more upset that they didn't just call it something else and change Tom Cruise's name so then it would have nothing to do with the Mission Impossible I know and love and I wouldn't be writing this stupid review. But, if you're buying it for the extra DVD stuff, I don't care. Sometimes I buy movies for extra material too (The Abyss, Fight Club...both of which I thought were excellent but I already owned them on video w/o special stuff). Please, if you are buying it to see a good movie, don't get it. I think I've done my part. Time to keep bad movies from peoples eyes! I must write more negative reviews!
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Summary: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, lets make that four, oh dear
Review: Mission Impossible is supposed to be about how good team work can overcome impossible odds. Obviously Tom Cruise et al think that it is about himself, overblown action sequences, himself, zero plot and err... himself. Come to think of it, both M:I movies had the bad guy as a former IMF agent (hmm, we seem to be struggling for a storyline here) The sad fact is that for and action movie, M:I 2 is boring. (check the 'car dancing' scene out if you don't believe me) I hope proper M:I movies will be made in the future that captures the spirit of the superior Mission:Impossible T.V. series because this is dull, dull, dull.
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Summary: Admit it, it is fun.
Review: Plot? Who needs a plot with this movie. This movie requires that you suspend disbelief, hop into your seat, buckle up, and just have fun. If I want plot there are plenty of other good movies to select from. But if I want a roller coaster ride, I'll take this movie. I give it a 1 for storytelling and a 5 for fun.
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Summary: The impossible mission was to make a decent sequel!
Review: I am writing this reveiw solely on the movie, not the DVD. I made the mistake of seeing this movie in the theater because of my love for the first movie. Watching this movie, I thought I was watching a James Bond movie, and I love Bond movies, but not when I go to see a MI movie. The smothering love story mixed with the utterling annoying slo-mo filming, made me nauseous. I love romances and see the artistic value of the slo-mo, but Woo OVER DID IT. Rhames is the only shining light in this dim sequel and isn;t in it enough to make it worth seeing. The other storyline, the virus, was interesting, but not that much. Maybe its because they focus too much on the dull love story. Unless they TOTALLY re-did the movie for the DVD, avoid this at all costs!
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Summary: Bad, worser, M:I-2
Review: Must be one of the worst films I have ever seen. Slo-mo shots of Tom Cruise walking around doing nothing, then they repeat it from another camera angle. It all look improvised like there was no script. And how do we now the difference between the dangerous poison and the antidote? The liquids are colored red and green... ahhh of course, just so we get it right. There are many actionscenes but they are just boring and we see them in slow motion repeated from different angles all the time, like we cared. In fact if the film was played at 24 frames/second all the time and all the replays was skipped then the film would probably just be 20 minutes long. Mr.Woo and Mr.Cruise seems to try to be arty by having a white dove showing up with Cruise now and then. Of course the white dove is also filmed in slow motion. And I heard that one of the best screenwriters, Robert Towne, wrote this thing, probably just someone joking with me... All the hype on TV and in magazines just for this film, it must be one of the biggest mediajokes ever.
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Summary: Viz-stunning, emo-numbing
Review: Who here did honestly not like Face/Off? Or Broken Arrow for that matter? They were both done by helmer John Woo, who left Hong Kong for Hollywood several years ago. Now he has created the second installment in the MI series; which proves to be little more than a nonchalant Tom Cruise vehicle. Not that I hated it, I just expected more. Much more. The cinemotgraphy is of course beautiful, and put together in a sort of arty Jerry ('Con Air', 'Gone in 60 Seconds') Bruckheimer way. But the excitement is only really there for the first fifteen minutes, and the last thirty-five. Predictable it is. Although the acting, especially by Sir Anthony Hopkins, is for the most part crisp and realistic, the overall impression of pic is a slightly lacklustre momentum, interlaced with short bursts of entertainment. That said, I'm still getting the DVD.
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Summary: Mission Impossible 2 Directed by ... Tom Cruise?
Review: This has got to be the worst John Woo movie I've seen since Broken Arrow. I really don't understand why this movie didn't do anothing for me, but I was on the verge of falling asleep through the whole thing. No action sequence for about 1 hour and 15 minutes? This isn't Woo! When I go see a John Woo film, I go to see the cinematic gunplay and the beautiful camera work. The camera work is there, but the action is absent until the end of the film. I won't go on much longer, but it seemed to me John Woo took a back seat to Tom Cruise, who was directing himself .......... Sigh, another disappointment in a long line of disappointments. At least one good thing came from this film -- the makers of X-Men fired Dougray Scott because he had to finish filming this movie and they got Hugh Jackman (kudos!).
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Summary: WooHoo!
Review: Once again, John Woo directs a masterpiece. Forget plot, forget actors, instead focus on the beauty within each camera frame. Mr Woo's style is perfect in form and pleasing to the eye. Watch the picture, see the use of symbolism, the fight between good and evil and the heroe's triumph. The movie's plot did lag in the middle, but spectacular special effects and coreographed violence made it all worth it. Villians are a dime a dozen and only few stand out in our mind. This one does not quite do it, however. Tom cruise and his She-ra in the movie struggled through their lines. But remember that movies are not just actors and dialogue, they tell a story. This movie could have just had pictures and music and the story would been told just the same. Surely not the best John Woo film out there, but a masterpiece as only he can deliver. Thanks Mr Woo!
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