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Summary: For the Action!!!
Review: You ever finish those movies and think back over the action: By chance the explosion killed all the badguys and not the goodguy. By chance the hundred badguys missed every shot and the goodguy hit every shot. By chance the badguys stepped on all the mines and the goodguy never stepped on one.
By any chance you a little sick of that?! In the real world maybe one thing happens by chance, maybe; but the rest of it the goodguy has to make up with skill or else the badguy wins. Well in this movie that is exactly what happens. The goodguy here is not lucky at all, but skilled in the highest degree of combat, survival, and military tactics of any hollywood warrior I've ever seen. The only problem I had after finishing this move was the action was so good I would have liked to have seen it go on for the whole two hours!!
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Summary: Worst kind of ripoff
Review: Remember the days when you were writing term papers and realized that every third sentence was a quote, so you started parephrasing, but it just didn't sound as smooth? Well this is what this movie does. I am amazed that the scriptwriter has the guts to claim this as his own. He ripped off the scipt from Hitchcock's "Notorious." Of course he changed the Nazi's trying to get their hands on uranium to the "evil greedy corporations" trying to get their hands on a deadly virus only they had a cure for, but the rest is the same. My favorite part came on the "making off" part, where Tom Cruise talks about how good and original the writing is. It made me gag.To be fair the special effects and the stunts are good, but I think they might have plyed better on a video game.
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Summary: Feature-rich DVD.
Review: This DVD is feature packed with:
* behind the scene looks of how each of the major stunts were performed. (And I was amazed to see how many of the actual scenes Tom Cruise performed himself. The final mano-a-mano showdown with the leap and cartwheel kicks were actually performed by him as well.)
* a DVD-ROM section if your computer is hooked up to the internet
* an MTV spoof by Ben Stiller with him as stuntman/double Tom Crooze. It's hilarious.
* a Metallica music video "I Disappear"
* commentaries from Ang Lee (explaining a lot of the motivations behind why he chose to film certain scenes the way he did), Robert Towne (the writer), Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner (producers), and the other actors/actresses in the film. It was both educational and fun to watch. On top of that you get the two hour film in crystal clear quality. What more could you ask for! I highly recommend adding this to the Action section of your DVD collection!
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Summary: Outstanding Action Movie
Review: I love the action/adventure genre and this is one of the best. This movie is good enough to watch more than once and is a must own movie.
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Summary: High tech sequel is rather disappointing
Review: Mission: Impossible 2 is sleek, sexy and stylish. After you see, you might decided, as I did, that it really isn't that good of a movie, mainly because the plot isn't all that interesting. There are a lot of neat things in the film which almost but not quite overcome the weak story. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, spy extraordinaire for a shadowy international organization. A rock climbing vacation is cut short when his boss, Swanbeck [Anthony Hopkins] summons him. A renegade ex-agent, Sean Ambrose [Dougray Scott] has kidnapped a doctor off a commercial flight from Australia to Atlanta and in the process has caused the plane to crash. It takes awhile for Hunt to figure out what the doctor had that was so valuable. When he does, he finds that millions of lives may be at risk. At Swanbeck's insistence, Hunt recruits a beautiful thief named Nyah {Thandie Newton] to help him. It is not until after they have fallen for each other that Hunt learns the true reason Swanbeck wanted her. She is Ambose's ex-girlfriend. Swanbeck intends to use her to infiltrate Ambrose's house. This is a situation that Hunt is not at all happy with. Cruise plays Hunt differently than he did in the first Mission: Impossible. He is cocky and sure of himself this time, and I think this works better. He is required at times to get into situations no mere mortal would live through, but consider the title. His scenes with Newton sizzle. You can almost feel the chemistry. Ms. Newton gives her role her best shot. She is required to go from independent and spirited to being your basic damsel in distress. Dougray Scott is quite convincing as the nefarious Ambrose. Anthony Hopkins has only two scenes as Swanbeck, but, as usual, he makes the most of them. Director John Woo should be credited for giving Mission: Impossible 2 a look and feel it probably doesn't deserve. Such visual beauty is most often reserved for more thoughtful fare. The shots of Hunt climbing a rock face in the desert are awesome. The movie's many explosions are well executed. The shootouts are highly stylized and have the look of a well choreographed dance. If the story had been as ingenious as the photography, this would have been a classic.
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Summary: Sexy and action packed
Review: With Mission
Impossible 2 John Woo once again shows why he's the best action film
director but perhaps Bond would be more fitting for him because Mission
Impossible has always been known as being a bit brainy and often hard
to follow and this isn't really like that at all, it's an easy to
follow action film. MI:2 has some of the popular Mission Impossible
elements though , like the disguises and the self destructing tapes
but that's about all it has that the first one did. A lot of crittcs say that it shouldn't just be
about Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and that he should have a team like
the show but he does have a team eventhough the mission depends more
on him than them but he does have one so I don't know what they're
complaining about. He has his computer hacking friend "Ving Rhames"
a pilot and Thandie Newton who's sent in to spy on her ex-boyfriend
"Dougray Scott", so that counts as a team I have mix feelings for the film but I did like
it however, Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton have good chemestry, Dougray
Scott is surprisingly very effective as the villian and instead of
being mind boggling and like the original the film is sexy
and fun eventhough the action gets a little tiresome and even a little
cheesy at the end and Tom Cruise doing martial arts is like give
me a break.
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Summary: "This DVD Self Destructs After One Viewing!"
Review: Tom Cruise gives the impression these days that his mere appearance on a movie screen is enough to send shivers of delight through thousands of theatergoers (he may be right; Cruise has NEVER had a box office dud). MI-2 lacks many of the elements that made the first film a lot of fun. "Mission 1" had a convuluted plot that no one could follow, which almost added to the enjoyment; the plot for the second film is so thin it would barely fill an hour of the TV series; in fact it's hard to believe the screenwriter who gave us "Chinatown" was really responsible (though Robert Towne admits he came on the project AFTER the action scnes had been planned and written). For MI-2, Cruise and his co-producer, Paula Wagner, enlist the talents of Hong Kong director, John Woo, who stages his action scenes with a balletic style, but Woo has no flair for non-action scenes, so the first hour of "MI-2" is paced slower than a Merchant Ivory romance. Although, Cruise and the incredible gorgeous Thandie Newton, make a couple that could grace the cover of any issue of GQ, they ignite no sparks on the screen, and as a villian, the talented Dougray Scott can do no more with his role than pretend to look menacing. Cruise was smart to get involved with the "Mission" franchise, it gives him the financial clout to take on riskier projects such as "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Vanilla Sky," but with MI-2, he's produced an action film for people who hate action films. DVD package is exceptional...picture and sound quality are excellent and many bonus features include two documentaries; behind the scenes look at many of the action sequences; and the hilarious MTV "Mission Improbable" satire featuring Ben Stiller as Tom CROOZE..
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Summary: Mission Improbable
Review: As a Bond fan I was looking forward to seeing this action film. The storyline is very weak (as in Bond). However the characters seemed very one dimensional and did not interact well and seemed unbelievable at times. That said the action sequences are very good, just what you would expect. Loud, in your face, fast and the chase scene at the end is almost like a queue of stuntmen and directorrs all having 3 minutes to outdo each other as the finale becomes more frantic, outrageous and improbable utilising every type of vehicle the production people could get their hands on.
But these scenes are made for DVD to play over and over, and coupled with enough extras to keep even a region 2 fan happy, it has to be said it is value for money.
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Summary: Action-packed Feast
Review: Tom Cruise has once again captured the minds of his fans. The only problem was all the face-changing, you couldn't really tell when they were real and when they were wearing a mask. Action-wise, this film could possibly be better than the previous Mission Impossible, with great effects, and many great points.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: Hey if you liked the original Mission Impossible with it's cool gadgets, latex masks and surprise endings you will be mostly satisfied with MI 2. The only bad thing about the story is it's very predictable. Mission Impossible was great because of the complexity of the story, in MI 2 halfway through the movie you know exactly what is going on! Many things can be said however for the special effects, the awesome stunts, (performed largely by the star himself Tom Cruise) and great cast. Overall MI 2 is a success and definatley worth renting if not buying! Especially if ya like Tom.
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