Skip the first hour & a half. You won't miss a thing.

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2000)

If Mission: Impossible 1's major problem was the fact that the plot was incomprehensible, then MI2's major problem is the fact that the plot is so basic and simplistic it almost feels like it was picked out of one of the original episodes. I speak, of course, of Scooby Doo masks and a virus whose symptoms are so punctual that Tom Cruise sets his watch to them.
This movie suffers from a complete lack of realism. This is perfectly fine for the incredibly choreographed action sequences. But the periods in between those times shouldn't feel so fake. Also, John Woo really needs to cool it on the slowmo. I'm all for slowing down the action to let the audience appreciate it, but Woo slowed down everything! Half the shots were slowmo! A simple scene where Cruise & the girl (Newton) notice each other across the room took nearly 5 minutes cause it was all in slowmo.
Overall, I thought the movie was sub-par. The last half hour is really the only thing I would recommend (however, it was a pretty damn good half hour). And also, there are no scenes in MI2 that will be remembered as well as the scene in MI1 where Tom Cruise is hanging by wires above a computer retrieving the NOC list.