Lacked the spy thriller aspect and added more gunplay but just doesn't really work

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2011)

The first movie I gotta admit you can sort of just go with it. But the mission was impossible and not because of the difficulty of the mission. But because of how the implausible a lot of stuff that happens in it, including the plot holes. But it was overall a solid spy thriller for the most part. This movie tries to add spy elements into the movie but the mission this time isn't very cleverly crafted. And comes off as a kung-fu shoot em up movie with bunch of stylish gunplay thrown in. The movie just comes off as some dude with long hair and sunglasses doing crazy gun stunts while wearing a leather jacket and driving a motorcycle. Some Asians deem this as cool, but it's just a bit too overused. Even the character Ethan Hunt isn't as likable as he was in the first movie and seemed to be trying a bit too hard to seem like a super cool spy while taking out the realism behind his character. I am not one of those reviewers that bash on a movie for how unrealistic a movie is, but the premise and direction of this movie makes it a movie that should have tried a bit more to be believable. Also despite few of the characters that was in the first movie, this one seems really unrelated to the previous movie. It just seemed gimmicky and lame, especially near the end. This mostly goes in a direction where you hardly have to use your brain and think things through and just comes off as a pretty narrow story. I will admit though some of the stylish action sequences was pretty cool but that is basically the only good think I can say about this movie. The face mask disguise also played a crucial role in the previous movie without it being gimmicky or cheap with it's uses. But that isn't the same for this flick. Sometimes the exaggerated and even ridiculous gunplay works in certain movies but that just isn't the case for this sequel. Yeah, I can constantly just bash this sequel, but since it does have it's moments although very few. I will give this movie a 5.8/10. Some reviewers claim the first hour of this movie was good but loses it's edge afterwards, but I am going to have to disagree. The redeeming thing about this movie is the action near the end. Although it's ridiculous when it comes to the action and doesn't really fit quite well with the tone of the first half of this movie. The action sequences near the end is pretty cool on couple of parts but mostly gimmicky. So yeah a lot of the action doesn't work as a whole for the movie but if you separate the two it becomes sort of tolerable. I also liked the music which was a plus, especially during the action sequences.
5.8/10