Production Year: 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: John Woo - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Brendan Gleeson, John Polson, Anthony Hopkins, Rade Serbedzija, William R. Mapother, Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Richard Roxburgh, Ving Rhames more
This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt,... more
Impossibleouting from megastar Tom Cruise suffers from an inconsistent tone and tired plot devices--not only recycled from other films, but repeated throughout the film. ...
Impossibleouting from megastar Tom Cruise suffers from an inconsistent tone and tired plot devices--not only recycled from other films, but repeated throughout the film. ...
is a job for IMF agent Ethan Hunt. The world's greatest spy returns in the movie event of the year M:I-2. Top action director John Woo brings his own brand of ex...
Mission: Impossible 2
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in the sequel to Mission: Impossible. How do you prevent ... more
terrorists from unleashing mayhem on the entire world? You don't. This is a job for IMF agent Ethan Hunt. The world's greatest spy returns in the movie event of the year, 'M:I-2'. Top action director John Woo brings his own brand of excitement to the mission that finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) partnering up with the beautiful Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton) to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world.But before the mission is complete, they'll traverse the globe and have to choose between everything they love and everything they believe in.
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A review by ricci on Mission: Impossible 2 (DVD) November 24th, 2002
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Disliked it
Story
Very ordinary
Characters / Performances
Unmemorable
Special Effects
Good
Soundtrack
Unmemorable
Advantages:
It has a finish
Disadvantages:
lots, see op
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
Full review
Your mission if you choose to accept, is to watch this film. It’s not quite a mission impossible task, but it is mission difficult, predictable and trite.
I enjoyed the original Mission Impossible. It was action packed, full of suspense and twists, with a good unpredictable plot. The return of spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in this film, is a disappointment. If I like action films I can suspend disbelief, but not to this one. I found myself wondering where the police were after five explosions and more gunfire than the Bosnian war. How a car can be blown up on a wooden bridge and the wooden bridge can stay intact. Why Tom Cruises’s character wasn’t dead after yet enough surely fatal activity. As you may have guessed I didn’t like this film.
The plot centres around deadly virus Kimara, a super duper flu vaccine gone wrong that could seriously destroy Tom’s pretty face before painfully killing him. A scientist is on a plane with this virus and it’s antidote when it is stolen by mad Scottish rogue agent Sean Hughes and his terrorist colleagues.They cover the theft up by crashing the plane.His plan is to get as much dosh as possible by selling to the highest bidder. Ethan’s mission is to stop them.
This is where sultry jewel thief Niyah Hall (Thandie Newton). Ethan has to have her in his team of sidekicks, he assumes for her thieving skills. So he communicates with Niyah by foiling a theft she was to carry out and indulging in a pointless car chase with lots of hair flicking from both of them, long lingering looks as he’s trying to run her of the road. After they crash hormones race and this ends in a night of passion, not quite the exchanging of insurance details that most people indulge in after a car crash.
Niah is actually an ex squeeze of mad Sean, who still has a soft spot for her. Ethan is a bit annoyed when he realises he has to persuade her to be a spy in Sean’s compound. Via a transmitter in her skin Ethan will track her and she will inform on Sean’s activities.
And it went on. Does Sean have the virus? Does Sean have the antidote? What is he going to do with it? Will he find out about Niyah? Will Ethan stop him?. By this point I didn’t care. The plot is sketchy, the special effects weren’t absorbing enough to make up for the poor plot. I got the impression that a lot of the stunts and special effects were written first and the plot was slotted around them.
The characters were quite cartoonish. Tom Cruise has about three facial expressions mean, thinking hard, long and lingering. There are a lot of slow motion shots of Tom running, flicking his lovely locks and doing unnecessary forward rolls. Thandie Newton does sultry and reflective looks that stop short of vacant. This film is a pyromaniac’s dream with plenty of explosions and fires. There are lots of very long chases in this film including the obligatory one between the goodie and baddie that most action films have.
There were some plus points. There was the odd minor twist that was quite clever, I won’t give it away as they were the better bits of the film. The theme music is catchy. Also you won’t get confused in the end sequence. The good guys are wearing black woollen hats and the baddies are wearing black baseball caps, it made me laugh, but by that point anything would’ve done.
Advantages: Great directing, great action stunts, good story, great acting. Disadvantages: None!
Another excellent film that I have recently purchased on DVD, is Mission Impossible 2. Not only is it a great action movie, reminding me sometimes of other great movies, like The Matrix and James Bond, but it has a fairly good storyline, as well as a bit of lovey dovey stuff.
Tom Cruise is back playing Ethan Hunt, our Mission Impossible hero. Sequels are so much better when the original star is cast.
So what’s the impossible mission this ... ...that the company he works for, Biocyte, has developed a lethal form of influenza known as Chimera. They have also developed a cure for this (Bellerophon), and Doctor Nekhorvich learns that they plan to release Chimera into the population so that they can make huge profits on the cure, Bellerophon.
He informs the head of Impossible Mission Force, Swanbeck (played by Anthony Hopkins), that he needs an IMF escort for the disease and it’s cure, ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Good action, Tom Cruise is good Disadvantages: Weak story and some poor cast
‘This is not mission difficult, this is mission impossible.’ Not a bad quote from the film, after all this is supposed to be the best of the best in the spying world. Mission Impossible 2 follows on from the original film, with Tom Cruise as the best spy in the world facing the toughest assignments. Just the film does not turn out to be the best of the best in the film world, despite some decent stunts and Cruise in there it just does ... ...Cruise is Ethan Hunt, top spy for the IMF to bust worldwide terrorism and anything wrong with the world. This time he is out to stop former colleague and spy Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from unleashing a new and deadly killer virus on the world. Their fiendishly brilliant plan this time is to release the virus that unless treated within 20 hours results in cell destruction in the blood leaving a very unpleasant and quick death. In league with Ambrose ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Red hot stunts and action sequences (watch out for the motorbikes!) Disadvantages: Not so hot acting or plotline
Your mission reader ... should you choose to accept it ... is to watch this film and not laugh. Seriously!
I failed (badly) in this on the very first scene with Cruise dangling from the rock face. Sorry, but it just looked so silly that I had to laugh out loud at it. It’s so over the top that you cannot take it too seriously. That, in a nutshell, is the best way to approach this film. If you want to dissect the plot and critique the acting ... ...If, on the other hand, you want a cracking action film, full to the brim with outrageous stunts and explosions then you will have a blast. It follows on from the previous MI film with only two of the characters reprising their roles, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt and Ving Rhames (in a rather more active role this time) as Luther Strickell. The Plot ****** It’s not really all that important in the scheme of things (hey, when was a James Bond plot ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Good action film, enjoyable Disadvantages: None
Having read many of the reviews for this film it was interesting to see it on video and compare. Many reviews had spoken of it as being disappointing and not credible as opposed to being incredible. Well actually I enjoyed it. It is probably better to watch it without preconceptions and just enjoy it for what it is an enjoyable action movie.
Tom Cruise is not one of my favourite actors I have to say. He always seems a little too good and too clever ... ...quite passable, after all it is a role in which you have to suspend belief anyway so you may as well do it watching Tom Cruise as anybody. Thandie Newton plays the love interest with the inevitable twist in her past. I would not be able to name anything she has ever done before or since but she again fulfilled what was needed.
The film was directed by John Woo who has a penchant for these increasingly action packed films. The films are also dramatic ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Full of action, loads of extras Disadvantages: not much of a plot
Mission impossibe - everyone knows what it's about, the infamous tune, the supposedly impossible task, the self destruct in 5 seconds...
I am sure you all saw the trailer of this film, with Tom Cruise dangling from a cliff, high-octane stuff and loads of explosions. AS a whole mission impossible 2 isn't really a continuation or sequel to the first, the only link being the returning characters Ethan Hunt, tom cruise, and Luther Sickell, Ving Rhames. ... ...understand, and snipets of action thrown in. This film is more of an action, switch of your brain and watch whilst munching popcorn kind of film.
Anyway on to the movie, the story is basically about a deadly disease, called chimera which has been stolen by terrorists and Ethan Hunt has to stop them from causing havoc with it. He needs to assemble a team and decides to get help from Nyah, a thief, she later gets infected by the virus and so they ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Classy fast paced action adventures starring Tom Cruise at his best Disadvantages: None
...As a devotee of the original Mission: Impossible television series I was looking forward to seeing these films. In their time the television series was very cutting edge in its story lines and effects.
Mission: Impossible 1 opens with the hero Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) leading his team of operatives on a mission which goes horribly wrong. His team is wiped out ( with the exception of 1) and he is blamed by his spy bosses. As a result he is put out in the cold - and he decides to find out what went wrong and who was responsible.
He contacts other agents who are beyond sanction and starts work. Vaneesa Redgrave has a cameo role in this film - not entirely believable in her part but it does not detract from the storyline.
The special effects in this film are magic - hi tech and brilliant to watch. The various computer elements look...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
Advantages: Brilliant effects of course, not a totally dumb film Disadvantages: None, really...
...Cliche, cliche, cliche. Yes, loved it, wonderful effects, clever - though not fantastic - story, you have heard it all. But this is what DVD is all about - in my case just the PC version where to get widescreen I am looking at a box 6" tall. But, I have watched it many times, and will do again. This film has set a standard - witness MissionImpossible2 - where Jimmy Woo borrows back some of his effects. It is a watershed in movie - and DVD history - and you need to get it for your collection just for that...
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Plot: Ethan Hunt, the IMF agent, returns again for a top secret mission, he is sent to destroy a sample of a deadly disease called Chimera which has been stolen by a rogue fellow agent.
DVD Description
This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world peace and stability. Their mission this time is to track down and destroy a deadly virus that is on its way to falling into the wrong hands. With the clock ticking, Hunt and his cohorts must save the day before it's too late.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES, PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date: 11/12/2000
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: PHE 8045
Barcode: 5014437804532
Production Designer: Thomas Sanders
Screenwriter: William Goldman, David Marconi, Robert Towne, Ronald D. Moore, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, John Logan, Michael Tolkin
Editor: Steven Kemper, Christian Wagner
Composer: Hans Zimmer, BT
Featured: Hans Zimmer
Executive Producer: Paul Hitchcock, Terence Chang, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Author: Robert Towne, Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Michael Tolkin, William Goldman, John Logan
Costume Designer: Lizzy Gardiner
Writer: Robert Towne, David Marconi
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Commentary Track, Behind The Mission Cast And Crew Interviews, Stunts Featurette, Metallica Music Video, Alternate Title Sequence
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Tons of action....The most spectacular film Woo has ever directed..." (Hollywood Reporter, p.87, 30/05/2000)
"...Woo generates explosive excitement....Cruise sizzles in a killer blast of thrills, suspense and delicious sin..." (Rolling Stone, p.139-40, 22/06/2000)
"...Cruise's rock climbing antics set your blood pumping early..." (Total Film, p.80, 01/08/2000)
"...[John Woo] directs action the way others stage Wagnerian operas..." -- 3 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.11E, 16/06/2000)
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