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Synopsis: 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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bitter that I spent money on this, April 22 2012
By SF Steven - Published on Amazon.com
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WOW, this movie is bad. Not bad/entertaining, just plain BAD.I mean, I didn't have high expectations based on the genre, casting, etc., but this wasn't even coherent. The editing was awful - they could've shortened the movie to 90 minutes by cutting down on the footage of the ocean that was interspersed with the final hand-combat scene (seriously, it was hero, villain, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, hero, crashing ocean, villain, crashing ocean, hero, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, villain, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, crashing ocean, hero, villain, hero, villain, crashing ocean...I know this seems like I'm just being dramatic, but I'm not).
The story went from being thin to ignored to irrelevant and then, when they tried to pick it up again after the -seriously, no lie- 15 minute final hand-combat scene, I'd forgotten most of it and no longer cared.
This movie was so terrible that I regret the rental expense; think about it, I watched with one other person which makes the investment less than a couple of dollars each and it was still 10x more than the movie was worth.
If you're interested in action movies, MI:3 and MI:4 were both considerably better movies (still pretty crazy, but at least done well, engaging, semi-logical). Save your money and see one of those instead. If you've already seen them, see them again...or watch the TV screen when it's powered off...or stare at a wall...clean the grout in the neighbor's guest bathroom...go to the library...do anything else, but don't bother with this movie.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good intense action, Mar 22 2009
By Galo A. Chao - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mission: Impossible II (Special Collector's Edition) (DVD)
I love action movies and this is one that doesn't let you blink. Very good movie.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tom and John Get It On (does that sound wrong?), Oct 25 2008
By G. YEO "gyeo" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mission: Impossible II (Special Collector's Edition) (DVD)
I just got this disc after watching it years ago in its worldwide premiere. I wanted to see what I liked about it and the film holds up remarkably well.MI-2 features the creative and extravagant pairing of Tom Cruise and John Woo (more explosions! more cars!). Their signature presence is evident in every shot. Robert Towne's script, though no doubt rewritten, is actually tight with strong dialogue and a solid plot. In short, the film works well on all fronts. It doesn't force viewers to think or understand what the problem is - it just gets on with it, unlike many movies that try too hard to be cerebral and clever. People clamouring for the original Brian DePalma Mission Impossible film (which I found convoluted) will never like the subsequent MI-2 and 3 efforts which veered more into James Bond action popcorn territory.
Considering Woo's mixed experiences in Hollywood, MI-2 is actually one of his most polished efforts. In spite of a couple of schticky moments which many people find justifiably hokey (I just had to watch the Audi-Porsche car spinning sequence again) - the film doesn't try to take itself too seriously WHICH IS THE POINT. Critics of Tom Cruise and John Woo will never fully enjoy the film, because of Cruise's cheeseball grin, and Woo's stylistic quirks. But put away those issues, and excuse the signature doves flying around, and you have a thrill-a-minute film.
The casting of Thandie Newton and Dougray Scott makes the film even more intriguing, and puts MI-2 above many other films of this genre that almost reach for this but never make it. As an action film, this has some amazing shots that deserve kudos.
The DVD extras are extensive and a good primer for anyone interested in how to do an action film. There are good interviews with the director and stunt supervisors. There's also a hilarious mockumentary with Ben Stiller from the MTV Movie Awards spoofing Tom Cruise as "Tom Crooze."
MI-2 is underrated. Watch it and enjoy it. If you need a heavy down-to-earth thriller - heck, Mission Impossible was never about that if you recall the premise of "this message will self-destruct in 5 seconds..." It's meant to be fun.
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