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Summary: Impossible to make a more exagerated Picture than this one!
Review: Isn't this an old story: a deadly "killervirus" has to be distroyed? I mean don't they have some new ideas! Tom Cruise shows us what bad actor he is when he don't open his mouth, and Thandi Newton isn't very talented in acting! At least the Villain can act! Its a movie with some breathtaking actionscenes! And its quit entertaining! Anthony Hopkins appears just 5 minutes in the movie but those 5 minutes are very good performed by him!
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Summary: Mission Impossible 2
Review: Don't go in expecting a high brow fully believable film. Go to watch excitement and escapism and you won't be disappointed. Great action, superb direction let the mood take you. Don't try to find flaws in the plot there are plenty, also missing are stupid one liners when someone gets killed (a real breath of fresh air after James Bond etc) and the film takes its characters seriously . Over the top yes but not badly done like Face off and Con Air. Watch and enjoy, this took a lot of hard work to make and had me rooting for the good guy!
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Summary: Sydney Stars
Review: Well, it's not going to tire your brain, but it's a beautiful film. Fans of John Woo should be delighted by this sequel to Mission Impossible. I found the first film pretty dull and incoherent, but this one didn't even pretend to have a significant plot line. Cruise -- Ethan Hunt -- is dangling off a rockface when he is called on by Mission Impossible to track down -- something. We're whisked to Seville, and then Sydney, where Cruise and his new flame Nyah (Thandie Newtown) become involved in a series of spectacular scenes, featuring beautiful Sydney panoramas, extended fight sequences, and some perfunctory romance. The sharp-eyed will notice that the Seville scenes were filmed in Sydney; the intellectually over-ambitious might find their attention drifting. After all, how many times can you sort out a plot tangle by revealing that a character was wearing a mask which simluates the face of another character? But Woo's direction is beautiful, featuring his signature birds, Cruise is comfortable, and the film offers an enjoyable cameo of the harbour city.
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Summary: Poor Bruce Geller
Review: In the 60s Bruce Geller created a terrific television series called Mission Impossible which was full of team work, suspense, perfect music and very little violence.The first movie was not bad but it was nothing like the TV series to the extent of having Peter Graves's character in the TV series as the baddie. What is the point of calling a movie Mission Impossible when it is nothing like the TV series on which it was based. Having said that, I did enjoy MI1; MI2 is, however a different matter. This movie just does not work on any level, the stunts may be spectacular but more often than not they are just plain dumb (ie the car chase scene where the girl Hunt is trying to recruit virtually gets run off the road). Tom Cruise is just trying to be James Bond but without the style; the stunts do not work because more often than not they seem to have been put into the movie as set pieces without any making sense; some of them are just plain annoying. Added to that the movie is boring, I actually dozed off watching it in the middle section. Lalo Schifrin's theme music is one of the greatest pieces of theme music ever written but you would never know from the apalling racket on the soundtrack. Watching Martin Landau and Leonard Nimoy on TV put on masks to impersonate people worked because it always seemed that it took time to create and wear the mask and was not done to rediculous lengths. The sequence towards the end of the movie when Cruise wore a mask of the baddie's henchman was just pathetic; perhaps he is getting MI and DS9 mixed up and has become a shape shifter. I also found the excessive violence unnecessary, again there was none in the TV series. Despite this, I hope there is a MI3 but before Cruise makes it, I suggest he actually watches the TV series and sees why it works. He should also watch a few James Bond's to see how to integrate style and action in a format that works.
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Summary: M:I-2
Review: M:I-2 well it was better than the first one! More action I just got goose bumps every time I saw the action & stunt secanes. But the plot of the film is not very good! This lets Mission Impossible 2 down. Its the old deadly virus. But I recomend you go see. Oh by the way yes there will be a Mission Impossible 3.
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Summary: Best Movie this year since Gladiator
Review: I watched the first Mission: Impossible movie when it first came out and found it to be very hard to understood and it wasn't until several repeat viewings that i began to understand what was going on. Having watched the TV series as well I grew excited when I learned of MI2 and moreso when I learned that John Woo was behind it. Having wathced the film i enjoyed it thouroughly and even though it took a bit to actually get going, I really enjoyed the chases scenes at the end. Theres obviously going to be some people bashing this movie because its not only a sequel but also based on a television series and therefore has many elements from that series (such as the face-change sequences) and that if these were removed it would then make it unworthy carrying the name of Mission: Impossible, all these elements are needed and all are used excellently. Great Film, even if you've never watched the original series or movie it will still be easy to follow whats going on.
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Summary: Highly exciting and entertaining to watch!
Review: I really hated the first Mission: Impossible movie, but THANK GOD, this film makes up for the terrible original. The story is much more easy to understand, and way more entertaining. The cast is also better, Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton are mesmerizing, while Ving Rhames gives a good supporting role as Ethan Hunt's backup. I guarantee Mission: Impossible 2 will take your breath away, it is full of action, thrills, chills, romance and exciting action sequences. One of the best movies of the summer, I promise.
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Summary: You've got to be kidding
Review: In order to weed out those who are truely interested in a thoughtful review and those who are not, I'll give you my overall opinion right off. I thought this movie was horrible. If you're still with me then here is why. Tom Cruise is an above average actor--in a big way. He's one of the few I consider a powerhouse, he has star power and the honest talent to back it up. Sadly I didn't see any of that here. The movie had plot, yes, but it lacked storytelling. I found myself becoming bored in the middle of the film. I must say considering the film was a collaborate effort between some very excellent writers and a highly talented director I am absolutely amazed the film was as dismal as it was. What worked for the film was the opening. It established tension and peaked my interest to continue watching the movie. Ethan Hunt's message delivery from his boss was classic. Up until I saw the movie's title it was the greatest action film ever. Too bad the opening was only about five minutes long. I will say this for the movie, the bike chase at the end is worth the price of admission alone (if you see a matinee). Now that was excellent film making. However I object to the love story elements in the movie simply because they do not work. Ethan and Naya's falling in love happened WAY too quickly. It has to hold the record for the shortest amount of time two people know each other before they decide they belong together (next to Romeo and Juliet but at least that was believable). The best parts of the movie are the opening and the bike chase at the end. The rest is all unintersting dialog and underrated acting. Spend your money someplace else and wait for this one in video stores. At least then you can fast forward to the good parts.
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Summary: Fantastic Action Movie
Review: Good action movie with great stunts,good visuals & an excellant sound track. Better than mission impossible 1 & cant wait till the dvd is released.
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Summary: Tries Too Hard to Be Bond
Review: I know, my rating probably seems incredibly harsh. But believe me when I say that this film deserves no better. You see, Mission: Impossible 2 isn't really a bad movie, it is just a stupid and boring movie. A bad movie can be fun at times, but there is no fun to be found here. Take Battlefield Earth for instance. It is truly one of the worst films in years, but at the same time it is actually kind of enjoyable in its badness. It is the type of film you will rent years from now and crack now with friends. MI2 however, does not have any of that charm. The film is boring form the get-go, trying to be a James Bond vehicle for Tom Cruise. But then it gets too heavy with yet another confusing MI plot (trademark of the franchise apparently). What is really irksome of the plot is that it truly makes no sense. There are loopholes everywhere, and far too often the easy way out is not taken, but instead the most difficult. As in, "This will get us into another action scene, but maybe risk our lives....let's do it!" Real secret agents would never do such things, but in the world of MI it seems to be their prime directive. Action film superstar John Woo directs, and I will have to give him credit for his past films and his effects upon film making as just about every action film copies him now in some way. But here he offers us nothing new. In fact, the big ending of the film also plays out like a parody to those familiar with his work. Every signature Woo move is used, and it just seems so bland. What really troubles me about this film is that the first Mission: Impossible was not a particularly good movie. So they get a second chance and they made it worse! Maybe worth seeing if you're a Woo fan, but that is the only credit I am giving it. Otherwise, skip the theatre and rent a Bond film.
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