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Summary: Good DVD, many extras
Review: One of the things I like about this DVD is that as soon as you put it on the disc tray, it starts right away, without any commercials, warnings, etc. The sound is good, not excellent but very good, and it's pack with many extra features including "Mission Improbable" from MTV (wich is very funny), a Metallica Video, behind the scenes, J. Woo commentaries, stunt and difficult shots (Tom Cruise himself does many of the stunts in the film, incredible), etc. The movie in its own self is the very signature of John Woo: ACTION. Whoever who expected it to be more than an action thriller, really needs to loosen up. This is a forget-your-problems-and-enjoy-the-movie-with-some-popcorn kind of flic. And it does an excellent work on this. I have almost 200 DVD's and Mission Impossible 2 is on one of the most watched in my collection. Highly recommended for those action fans.
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Summary: Why? How? WHAT?!!
Review: I cannot believe this movie made more money than the original which was far far far far better. This isn't mission impossible style, it's action crap that doesn't make much sense and was a waste of people's money. How in God's name did this movie do so well, better than the Perfect Storm and that was a wet piece of garbage too. It did twice as good as X-Men and that movie was amazing...action combined with good story-telling. I want to let everyone know that if you're planning on buying this, I feel sorry for you and your hard earned money. Good luck.
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Summary: Mission That Made Me Angry
Review: I watched it, and were so angry after it was finished... No spirit - lousy acting - unnatural stunts etc etc etc Well - I sold it forward as quick as possible (when it still was worth something) I bet that after a month it is on sale for 5$ (and even that is too much for it) I think Jonh Woo was mentioned as a director just for increasing sales. This is a guess, but I think Tom was influencing a lot in background. (MI1 was actually a very good movie and Tom did well in it.)
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Summary: suckville
Review: Don't buy this movie, it's terrible. It doesn't get going at all until too late and the ending is boring, the plot sucks, the characters are weak, and Woo went wrong. Buy Face/Off if you want some cool flick, not this trash. People who liked it will hate it when they get older and see better movies, they'll wonder what they were thinking with these good reviews, Goldeneye, or Face/Off instead.
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Summary: Cruise Control
Review: MI2 was so dull. Maybe if I was a teenage girl I would be amused by Tom's grins. He grins about his exploding Oakley's, he grins about how his boss found him on his "vacation", he grins about the cliches of the movie, he is now grinning all the way to the bank. Let me put it like this, even the action was uninspired. Perhaps the motorcycle chase was fun and creative (not a John Woo fan, but maybe this is recycled) for me, who does not operate high performance motorcycles, but certainly those who do would question the "realism" of those sequences. This movie is so damned sad. Even the fashion is dull. Hey Tom, quit wearing Armani (or its similar breed). Do you sleep in it? Wear it to rake the leaves? Change diapers? Even Ving's talent is wasted on lines scripted on fashion. He drops Gucci and Versace. Like I care. If I wanted to find Ethan Hunt I would look for the fashion model with no personality checking himself out in the bathroom. Some spy. Here is a suggestion - if you want a faster moving spy movie where the characters "get-it", spend your money on Goldeneye. Brosnan wears better clothes, has more style and has dimension. Also the DVD is packed with better goodies than MI2. Unless you want to hear Tom talking about himself avoid MI2.
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Summary: Plot is ripoff of Hitchcock's Notorious
Review: Am I the ONLY person who noticed the similarity in plots between this movie and Hitchcock's Notorious?! It's basically a remake. Why didn't any of the critics notice this? Save your money and buy that flick instead. I'm still underwhelmed by John Woo's direction. And that stupid motorcycle jousting scene at the end, PLEASE!
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Summary: Better then the Original!
Review: This is one of the very few sequels I have seen that I thought was better then the original. I loved it! It was nonstop action from beginning to end.I am not a big Tom Cruise fan but he did a great job in this film; his best movie since "All the Right Moves," in my opinion.
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Summary: MI2
Review: just as boring as the first
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Summary: Someone should tell stars when they look silly.
Review: I like Tom Cruise, but please. Here Tom rock climbs. There he rides a motorcycle. Here he kickboxes. Excuse me, but for what movies and DVDs cost, I'd appreciate CHARACTERIZATION, a STORY, and something other than triteness. The fights and special effects are 45,000 times better in The Matrix, which has all of the above. Just rewatch that and save your shekels.
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Summary: Save the planet - Don't buy this film !
Review: C'mon John Woo, what's that ? The movie opens with a 15 minutes cheesy romance between Agent Hunt (Cruise) and Nyah (Newton), with a lot of slow-mo sequences where the two lovers look at each other in the eyes... Unbearable and absolutly not credible ! Then you have the usual fight between the bad-guy-who-wants-to-kill-everyone-and-become-the-richest-man-on-the-planet and the good-guy-who-wants-to-stop-the-bad-guy. And guess what ? In the end, the good guy beats the bad guy ! Been there a 1000 times. Done that. Bought the t-shirt, thank you very much. I thought that the De Palma movie sucked big time but this one is even worse. Where has the magic of the original serie gone ? Poor screenplay. Poor acting. Really can't wait to see MI3, MI4 and MI12 ! What an incredible lost of time and money.
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