Rating: 
Summary: Awesome Action
Review: The first quarter of the movie was slow but once the action got started it was cool. Cruise did some sweet fight movies. The motorcycle scenes were excellent. It was good to see an interracial relationship. Like Romeo must Die. I give it 4.5 out of 5. By the way, watch Jackie's new movie Now. Support Jackie and he'll come back to the US again. He is the greatest!!
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Summary: Mission Failure
Review: Despite a few problems, I still liked the first Mission Impossible movie very much. It's too bad the sequel didn't hold my interest as much as the first film did. IMF operative Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise--sporting longer hair) is called away from his vacation by his new boss Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins in essentially a glorified cameo) to find a renegade agent. Once the mission begins, Hunt finds himself attracted to former agent Sean Ambrose's (Dougray Scott) girlfriend, Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton). These feelings complicate things as Ambrose holds the world hostage, threatening to release a deadly chemical weapon, if demands are not met. Hunt can also count on help from his pal Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) when things get tough. Director John Woo takes over for Brian De Palma, and with MI2, moves even further away from the concept of the television series. Hunt acts more like James Bond here than he did in first film. The only real difference is Hunt's long hair. Cruise may have the screen clout, but quite frankly is out of his element thanks to a weaker script. If you throw in Woo's trademark and tiresome overuse of doves and slow motion--it's practically a lost cause. As if that were not enough, Scott makes a very poor villian, ala` Aaron Eckheart in another Woo film, the equally poor Paycheck. The only bright spot for me was Newton...wow! The extras on the DVD, may be more plentifull here, as opposed to those found on the Mission Impossible disc, but that doesn't mean that they are all worth your time. The audio commentary with Woo is OK but can get a bit tedious. The 15-minute "Behind The Mission" features "canned" cast and crew interviews. I did enjoy the Five-minute "Mission Incredible" stunts featurette. You also get to see the group Metallica's music video for the soundtrack song "I Disappear", a rather cool alternate title sequence that would have worked out better and the disc highligt, a very funny MTV Movie Awards show parody, "Mission Improbable" with Cruise, actor Ben Stiller and Woo. There's also a generous amount of DVD ROM material What a disappointment...
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Summary: Roxburgh too good for this film - he deserves better!
Review: I would have given this movie more stars if Tom Cruise wasn't present in it, and Richard Roxburgh would have done a one man show. The scenes with Roxburgh, and only the scenes with Roxburgh was what kept me alive during the film. Although when that stupid Tom Cruise killed Roxburgh's character the movie ended right there. The scene was when he switched their faces, and I thought Roxburgh's character had beaten the crap out of Cruise's character and they killed him and I was feeling quite happy for the moment, until, they pulled the face off of Cruise and it was Roxburgh instead. I was DREADFULLY upset. And then it showed Roxburgh running, but it was really Cruise since he hadn't pulled off his face yet. He should've left Roxburghs face on (at least he would've looked better), and then he ripped his face off and it was Tom Cruise, thus the movie ends.
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Summary: 2 stars for Thandie Newton, o for everything else
Review: I only came on here to put in my vote for more of Thandie Newton in films. This is an atrociously mismanaged film and the only saving grace is Newton, who although has a listless role, is simply radiant.
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Summary: Extra Dimensional Pain.
Review: You maybe thinking to yourself, what does the title of this review have to do with the movie? We'll let me explain. I saw this "movie" when it came out in 2000 in the theatre. I had seen the first Mission Impossible and was pleased. This sequel is what is quintessentially wrong with Hollywood. When a movie makes some money, immediately Hollywood wants to run out and make another one and rake in more bucks at the expense of good story telling. I swear, if they could, they'd make a Titanic 2.
(But what does this have to do with your review title?) We'll here it is. I was so disappointed, so mad, so angry that this garbage made it to a movie theatre and charged ME over 8 bucks to see it, that 5 years after it came out, I'm still angry. So angry I'm writing a review about how awful this mess is. To put it another way, If I could travel to another dimension in time and space, the pain that watching this movie would cause, would still reach me. So what am I talking about, exactly? The last 15 minutes of the movie alone will make my point. To be sure, this uber-toxic disease which required its first subject to be hospitalized, bed ridden with weeping soars and pustules, only causes our female hero a slight red eye and sniffly nose even though she has had the same level of exposure. Tom Cruise can somehow kick a gun laterally, in the sand, have it "pop up" 3 feet in the air grab it, aim and fire at a low lying target (the villain) who already has a bead on Tom with gun fully loaded. Tom gets off two shots and our villian can't hit the broad side of a barn. (lame isn't the word) The motorcycle scene when Tom (ethan hunt) is skidding on the ground with his feet (roller skates) and doesn't get thrown off his bike. The director with his "white doves" nonsense as tom enters a room to shoot everybody as some sort of holier-than-thou-bad-ass. If I ever met either tom cruise or john woo in real life, i'd demand they pay me the 20 bucks (ticket, popcorn and soda) that I shelled out for watching this garbage. I'd also strap them to a chair and make them watch 2 hours of static and make them loose two hours of their lives. Why am I writing this now? I saw all of 15 seconds of this awful movie, flipping through channels on cable and got angry that it was STILL being shown to the public and that nobody had filed "crimes against humanity" charges against the USA network. I am pleading with Amazon, PLEASE let me give this star to something else... Mi2 is NOT worthy of such high praise!
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Summary: Both movies were stupid.
Review: I don;t know why evreyone says the first movie was better then this, They both were stupid. the TV show worked with a good cast and great scripts. All the movies had to offer were fools like DEPALma and Woo, tons of explosions, and no script what so ever. And Cruise wants to do another one.....WHAt stupidty.
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Summary: mission abort!!
Review: 1st of all, i hate when i see people refer to a movie after it's been sequalized, and they want to put a 1 after the title. i can think of a LOT of movies that have had sequals made until they run out of numbers, but that DOES NOT mean that the original film now retains a number, as if it were part of a series. now, w/ that off my chest, let's look at "MI2". i am a huge fan of director brian depalma, and i am still infatuated with his classic espionage thriller, "Mission Impossible", a splendid movie version of an extremely hip show. (Depalma did the same thing in '87 w/ "The Untouchables", also for paramount).
one of the first things that bothered me when mission2 came out was the fact that it was even made. (I'm sorry, but I'm not like some other reviewers on here who look at a movie as just a "good summer blockbuster". to me that's the equivalent of saying you like it for the popcorn! movies are supposed to be appreciated as an art form, not the fast-food mentality of drek that hollywood is SO guilty of churning out.) it wasn't supposed to be a "franchise", but a movie, one movie, the end!
the 2nd aggravation i had w/ mission2 was that tom cruise didn't even bother geting back into character. he had grown his hair out in real life, so that's what we got forced to watch : haggard and ugly. i've never been a fan of his since, and i used to LOVE tom cruise! but after hearing about his little "problems" with depalma on the set of "Mission Impossible" (cruise also served as producer and he fought with Depalma concerning going overbudget, or some silly crap like that), and the fact that he pushed so hard to get mi2 made, when there never should have been a sequel to begin with!! the story was told, and very well i believe in Depalma's film. to me, it would be the equivalent of sequalizing "The Untouchables" (oh, then you could call it "U2"). what's up with dropping titles to two words and a number?? how lame! (ID4, MI2, Halloween H2O etc, etc,). anyways, i remember reading about 2 years ago that oliver stone was going to helm the 3rd mission movie, but here's to hoping since it's now been two or three years and there's still no 3rd film that i know of, that he decided against that bad idea. any "good" director would do the same. best thing to do, like myself, is to pretend that mission2 doesn't even exist! oh, and the last reason to avoid this film like the plague: it was directed by john woo, the WORST director to ever get work in hollywood!
Rating:
Summary: The highs outnumber the lows in this decent sequel
Review: You can't knock Tom Cruise or John Woo for what's the matter with this film. Woo can take a little of the blame, but most of it has to go to the writers. The story is a little overplayed, and the movie has to much of a Bond feel to it at times. Despite that the action will blow you away and Cruise is the man.
Ethan Hunt(Cruise) is on vacation when it's cut short. He must recruit sexy thief Nyah(Newton) to help him in his next case. A dangerous virus Chimera has been stolen by an IMF employee.
That ex employee Sean Ambrosse(Scott) plans on selling the virus to the highest bidder. Now Hunt and Sean's ex-love Nyah must stop him before all is lost.
The plot is worn over and has been used way to much. It's pretty predictable the whole movie. That where the writing team has to be put to blame. You know exactly what's going to happen before it does, but what saves the film is it's star and director.
Tom Cruise is the man. He produced this movie with his production partner Paula Wagner. Like the first MI film he's all over this. His acting is good for what he's given to work with. He's a little to James Bond like at times, but you'll learn to look past that. His action sequences in the film are amazing. Tom Crusie did all his stunts in the film. Let me say again that Cruise did all his stunts in the movie. From the rock climbing to the bike riding they are amazing. I think it's great that a star with his kind of power will do it. He loves doing it to, and it really adds to the movie.
John Woo really does some great action in the picture. The chases and fight scenes are awesome. Everybody that sees this film will see something they've never seen before and that makes it fun. I loved the whole bird thing and was waiting to see the white dove which is one of his call signs. Woo does a good job of directing with what he's given to work with.
The DVD extras are pretty good. You have a 15 minute special behind the making of the movie, and there's another five minute one about the stunts. Throw in a Metalica music video and you have above average extras.
I did enjoy this movie. I bought it and I wasn't to upset. The movie was a little to Jame Bond for me and the story was weak. Despite that the action makes it a four star film. If you loved the first one, you have to check this one out. If you love Tom Cruise this is another must. If you like Woo the same applies. If you want a good action flick then definetly pick it up. I did and I have no regrets.
Rating:
Summary: CRUISE CONTROL
Review: Fans of the long running tv series which inspired the two movies remember how a TEAM of specialists pulled off some really nifty, indeed IMPOSSIBLE stunts. It was fast paced, tight and featured some nice teamwork from their incredible cast. In bringing this series to the big screen, director John Woo has demonstrated his command of action scenes. No one does car wrecks like Woo! Unfortunately, both movies have really been vehicles for Tom Cruise to do his thing, and the essence of teamwork is relegated to supporting players, this time John Polson and Ving Rhames. How an audience is expected to believe Cruise's instant love for the lovely Thandie Newton is beyond me, but it's a movie contrivance. As is all of this film. Granted, it's fast-paced, dynamic camera work and Dougray Scott is a fine villain. But it's empty, vague, and oftentimes confusing. The use of masks is overdone and somewhat predictable. But, who can deny the visceral appeal of this movie? Anthony Hopkins' uncredited appearance makes for a nice addition, too.
If they do an MI-3, how about giving Cruise a good team: add Vin Diesel, Angelina Jolie, Hugh Jackman and Jack Black? Who knows?
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Summary: John Woo Rocks!
Review: What an action movie! The stunts and face-offs were explosive... the John Woo Special. Loved the motorcycle chase the most.. very original. But then, there is Tom Cruise playing the psychologically tortured survivor caught between good and evil. "Am I evil? Am I a good person who does evil things? Does my hair look good?" But, I still love it and watch it for the ACTION, and folks, isn't that what it's about with John Woo?
Oh, and don't forget to catch the skit with ben stiller in the special features.. it's a gas!
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