ONE OF THE WORST OF 2000

Rating: Null/10 (4 September 2000)

This is the most boring action film I have ever seen. What made the first 'Mission Impossible' movie so good was the fact that it LACKED action! It told a compelling story about a complicated mole hunt and paid off. This film is a typical James Bond type story about a deadly virus falling into the wrong hands. Cruise is under developed as Ethan Hunt, Thandie Newton is just another pretty love interest with no stamina in her own character and director John Woo stages the action scenes like television commercials for fast motorcycles and advertisements for movie theme park rides. Truly a dismal and flat action picture that even uses Anthony Hopkins in a limited cameo to market its presence and make audiences think that two stars like Hopkins and Cruise can't fail. Yes, they can! At least like all bad sequels, it made me appreciate the original a whole lot more.