The sequel has exposition to spare, but it resembles someone talking to a person who doesn't speak their language and thinks he can make them understand by talking louder and slower.
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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
Best of all about Mission: Impossible 2 is that its story is actually easy to follow, and therefore what happens means more to the viewer.
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Instead of being the next great John Woo masterpiece, it is yet another in the growing roster of action flicks that merely seem to reek of his influence.
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Mission: Impossible 2 lacks emotional punch and the center section sorely tried my patience, but the film remains a hell of a ride.
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They blow up things real good and Cruise can cruise into my garage any old day!
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As popcorn thrillers go, Mission: Impossible 2 has set the bar high for the summer blockbusters.
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Had there not been a Battlefield Earth I'd say this was the biggest turkey of the summer.
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MI2 not only has minimal action, but minimal gadgets, which are essential to any spy film.
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An overload of non-stop, gravity-defying action sequences.
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Cruise has hit his stride as an action hero with such confidence that he can completely take over any scene the script requires him to.
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A quantum improvement on Mission: Impossible 1.
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Brains will be checked at the door; a good time will be had by some.
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A disappointing foray, a generic piece of very expensive filmmaking that lacks the James Bond wit and eclat while at the same time highlights a romance that is as sexless as it is inconceivable.
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A vaguely absurd epidemiological thriller filled with elaborately superfluous setups and shamelessly stale James Bond riffs.
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To his credit, Woo milks every last ounce of poetry from this mission, filling out Robert Towne's anemic script with his trademark doves, slo-mo acrobatics, and double-fisted gunplay.
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Quite simply, Woo is to action what Fred Astaire was to dance and John Wayne was to winning the West. Nobody does it better.
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Woo is in fine form.
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An utter disappointment and a delusion of a film. Stay away -- far away.
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If pyrotechnics and chases are all it takes to satisfy a summer movie audience, no one can accuse '2' of shortchanging its viewers.
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With every fiery explosion, M:I-2 moves further from its source inspiration and closer toward a preadolescent action orgy.
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