Changing the meaning of the word "impossible"....

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2000)

From the very beginning it seem to be a good movie. And to be honest, it was. It`s is true....it felt like it was getting a little "slow" around the midlle of the movie, but that didn`t last for long. Before I got to write this, I have read a few reviews and a few comments by others....and I got to say it: many people don`t know what they want. The 1st M.I. was too slow, complicated and it lack in action. The 2nd M.I 2 looks like a story written for a 6 years old. PEOPLE, make up your mind !!! JOHN WOO is the best as far as directing action movies. Has the talent for it and he`s very ingenious...and for ALL those people out there, who think that JOHN WOO "took" some ideas from "THE MATRIX", with the slow-motion, let me bring you up to date. The slow motion scenes in the movie, directed by JOHN WOO, are pretty much his "trade mark" or his "signature"... "THE MATRIX" was nowhere when "THE KILLER" or "HARD BOILED" came out, all of them directed by JOHN WOO. So, think about it....If you`ll ever watch one of those movies, you`ll see the "signature"....and even in JOHN WOO`s latest movies (but movies that were made before "THE MATRIX") like HARD TARGET, BROKEN ARROW, FACE OFF....you`ll see all that. Second: the two MISSION IMPOSSIBLE movies were directed by totally different directors. The 1st M.I. was the work of BRIAN DePALMA, one of the best directors when in comes down to thrillers and mystery. So, you got less action but more mystery. The 2nd MISSION IMPOSIBLE was directed, as we all know already, by the one of the best action movie directors: JOHN WOO. So, you got less mistery and more action. If you didn`t like that, you can go back and re-watch the 1st one and if you didn`t like the 1st either then maybe you should be watching "ALICE IN WONDERLAND." However, after watching the movie, I got the feeling that the "masks" were used every time they got to a "dead end" with the script. But that would be pretty much the only thing I could say against the "M.I.2" This is definitely one of those movies you got to have, if you a movie collector.