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Summary: Jackie Chan or Tom Cruise?
Review: This film did not live up to it's billing. I went to the theatre wanting to see "Mission Impossible," but was forced to settle for little more than Jackie Chan. The story line and plot were descent, the execution of it was farless than! If you are in the mood for quasi-martial arts, this is your flick. If are interested in high-tech gadgets and gizmos that are synonomous with "Mission Impossible," better look elsewhere. In fact the only thing impossible about the movie in general was the fight scene at the end. Could it have possible been longer, more unreal, or more unlike what "Mission Impossible II" should have been?
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Summary: The Only "Impossible Mission" Is To Find Something Good....
Review: About this movie! I remember seeing the ad's for this movie, thinking it really does look awful. They seemed to have abandon the old tv show's formula, and replace it with this junk! When I went to the theater to see this movie, I had no idea I was going to be watching the latest James Bond film! It's hard to believe Robert Towne could have written such garbage. I've heard people say the first one was confusing, which to be honest, I can't understand why they say that, but if they thought that one was confusing, wait till they see this one! There's such a lack of plot here, that the same "tricks" or "devices" are played over and over again, untill the point where I just couldn't take it anymore. Just how many time did they want to work on the "mask switching"! It must of happened at the very least 6 or 7 times. I can't understand how an actor( if you can really call him that) like Tom Cruise can go from making a great movie like "Eyes Wide Shut" to this. And as for Thandie Newton, I have some advice for her, before you start ruining movies like Bertolucci's "Besiege" and this one, why don't you consider acting lesson. And I'm only saying this for her own good, if she plans on continuing making movies. Now for the directing. I've heard many many people speak very high of John Woo. I've even heard some say he's one of the best directors around. How can someone say that! When I think of great directors I think of Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa, Scorsese, Truffaut, Coppola, and many many others, but John Woo? When I think of Woo I think of him as not really a director, but more so a choreographer who can sometimes setup some nice action sequences. And to be perfectly honest, yes, this movie does have it's share of good action scenes, but I can also say, that not all of them work, but that's only expected. There's no way he could have made every single scene work, lets be honest. Besides the action scenes there's one more things that saves the movie. If you listen very very closely you can hear some great guitar music in the background. * 1\2 out of *****
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Summary: Tom Cruise Loves Himself
Review: I think working with Jean Claude Van Damme had some negative side effects on John Woo. Either that, or simply working in Hollywood screwed him up. Granted, FACE OFF had some interesting ideas with a man facing his enemy, but the enemy is him, but its not, and so on. THIS movie though: can anything be more blatant? Does everything need a close up or a zoom in to clarify things? I can accept a movie that's unbelieveable at time, since that's all movies in general, but the patronizing is too much. Here are two men on motorcycles. Kill them. It's easy because they have no other weapon besides the motorcycle itself. Conveniently, there are two bikes so bad guy gets on one, and tom cruise (aka, James Bond) gets on the other. Chase. Bad guy puts bullet in cruise's cycle (close up: SEE) A brutal fight beyond human capacity for pain follows on a beach. Gun, the only way to end this agony, knocked out of hand (close up: SEE. Its in the sand). Blah, blah... And the dove? was that necessary...again? Keep Woo away from soft focus.
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Summary: Woo is me for having seen this film....
Review: I can never get back my $8.50 ticket price, or the two hours I spent in the theatre watching this, but perhaps I can save you from the same fate. While it has some decent action sequences, the weak plot and utterly pathetic dialog (with lines like "God, you're beautiful" at the forefront of key moments) make it truly painful to watch. I couldn't bring myself to actually leave the theatre, always hoping to find something redeeming in this film, but it never came.
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Summary: Ohh Dear......
Review: ...Mr Woo is well known for his flashy camera work but he went abit over the top with this film. Impossible shouldn't mean completely unbelievable. The effects are, as you might expect, excellent and all the actors do a passable job under the circumstances. I have quite enjoyed some of John Woo's previous movies but feel this film would have been a lot a better under someone else's direction (Renny Harlin maybe). My advice is try before you buy.
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Summary: A Great Movie!
Review: This movie although a total muscle man movie was actually pretty good. It had a semi complicated plot that kept you on the edge of your seat. Although corny at parts Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton gave some very good performances. All in all I gave this movie four stars.
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Summary: What happened?
Review: I thought that there would be an interesting plot for the sequel, i was wrong. I thought that there would be interesting action sequences thanks to John Woo, I was right. But, as we have all learned, in this day and age you can not make a movie with just a bunch of special effects. There has to be some sort of a plot to make me want to sit through a film like this. Alas there was none. It was like a second rate bond film. The difference is that in Bond films they do not pull off their faces constantly. What was that all about. It was cool the first couple of times, but after that i only tired of it.
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Summary: M:I-2 Impossible, Improbable, Impotent
Review: This doesn't look at all like the John Woo who directed Face/Off. I would say that John Woo was way off mark with this one. Brian De Palma did a much better job with the first, M:I-1. M:I-2 is all flash and no story. There's not much more to say. We've seen all before.
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Summary: garbage
Review: Of all the dissappointments this summer, this one has to be the worst. First, the name of the movie is "Mission Impossible", so what do we have in terms of the unbelievable? Tom Cruise dropping out of a helicopter and through a vent! Hymmm...sound familiar. At least in the first film it was the freakin' defense department they were breaking into. And then we have one of the most ludicrous love stories in cinematic history where two people crash their cars into each other as a remote example of foreplay. Then, at the center of the story, (Pardon me while I laugh my ass off), we have one of the worst villians ever to disgrace the screen. I know Dougray Scott was angry at all the delays during the production of this film...but christ, be alive at some point and time. Woo should have fired this man and sent him back to his coffin. His talent to hold the screen reminded me of Stick Figure Theater. In short if you enjoy cliche, boredom and gloss then maybe this may be the one for your viewing pleasure. However you will lose brain cells in the process. John Woo proved he could make a studio film and still adhere to his roots with Face/Off, so I'm willing to forgive him. However... it's very, very, very hard. Call the third Plot Impossible To Find.
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Summary: Face Off meets James Bond
Review: I liked this film for what it was - an action flick, a fairly good action flick. Think Face/Off meets James Bond meets Kung fu, which reduces originality. Still, I liked the film. It had the two things which make for a good action movie - a great hero, and an awesome villian. What more can you want? Cruise's fast attraction for Newton is a bit unbelievable but we will forgive that. Cruise reminds me of Jan Michael Vincent in his Airwolf series. Scott as the villian was excellent. There were wonderful action scenes including the motorcyle chase which was a refreshing departure from the usual car/boat/plane chases. Any movie fan would be glad that Woo has shown The West what can be done with a motorcycle in the hands of professionals. There were some obvious overdone scenes and the sound track was also a bit heavy on the theatrical side. Otherwise, happy are we who love good action. As for Ving Rhames' character, when will hollywood stop protraying african americans as people who are most concerned about how good they look, and who spend alot of time bragging about Versace.? Watch the film, it is exciting.
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