By any reasonable measure Mission: Impossible II is a successful action-adventure film.
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12/02/02
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
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Reviews Counted:136
Fresh:77
Rotten:59
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Your cranium may crave more substance, but your eyes will feast on the amazing action sequences.
Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: John Woo raises the action bar in this violent, romantic sequel to Brian De Palma's 1996 original. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, this time battling wits with rogue IMF agent Sean Ambrose... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames
Director: John Woo
Reviews for Mission: Impossible II
Woo's hysterically hyper visuals and boytoy gimmickry can't camouflage the emptiness of the enterprise.
02/09/06
Top CriticAn effective spectacle of violence.
01/01/00
Capraesque. Hitchcockian. Add Wootastic to the Lexicon.
12/10/01
Mission Impossible 2 offers a bit of escapism and a hefty shot of cinematic adrenalin.
10/30/02
The film continually halts the action to repeat the plot to us, sometimes word for word.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis sequel seems afraid of confusing people, so much so that it dumbs down the plot to an insulting level.
12/06/04
It doesn't matter how many extra months the director spends creating impressive action scenes. If the audience is not emotionally invested in the fate of the heroes, no amount of explosions will make them care.
12/06/05
Forget 1996's often-confusing series kickoff. Even without the lit match and fuse, this sequel is a distinct improvement.
01/01/00
Ends up being just another schlock fest with high speed hi-jinx and more stunts than anybody should ever throw money at.
01/01/00
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10/18/08
If Mr. Cruise peeled off his face and turned out to have been Chow Yun Fat all along, the picture might be saved.
01/01/00
Top CriticHow the mighty have fallen.
04/02/01
For all my profound reservations about the whole project, I wound up liking it more, or, at least disliking it less, than I had anticipated. Thandie Newton is the biggest reason.
04/27/07
While there isn't anything in M:I-2 as memorable as the first film's scene with Cruise dangling over a computer terminal, it's a more visceral experience overall.
01/01/00
An extremely entertaining vehicle, a testosterone-filled escape. It's a slam-bang way to begin the summer.
01/01/00
Cruise makes a convincing hero.
01/01/00
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