Mission Unwatchable...

Rating: 2/10 (3 September 2006)

John Woo contributes his worst movie to date in giving us the sequel which could quite possibly be one of the dumbest movies ever made. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent who this time must keep a chemical agent out of the hands of the usual goons while using all kinds of phony disguises and explosive sunglasses in this assault on the brain. Mission Impossible 2 is John Woo's worst movie. Worse than Hard Target, worse than Blackjack, worse than Once A Thief. (And I enjoyed HT and found some merit in BJ) Where do I start? Well for one an action movie must have well, what is it i'm trying to say, uh, that's right! Action! It needs action and MI2 has hardly any. We get one at the beginning, we get one in the middle and we get one at the end and in between it is some of the dullest plot angles ever recorded. The action sequences are also largely lame with Cruise seemingly in love with himself and it goes without saying the climatic battle between him and Dougray Scott (The guy from Ever After?)is one of the most unintentionally hilarious climaxes ever. Indeed in theaters when Cruise and Scott hit each other in mid air everyone in the theater howled with laughter. Unfortunately had this movie had more amusement I may have actually woke up. MI2 is where Woo stopped being respected and if you don't heed my warnings and see the movie, you'll see why.
* out of 4-(Bad)