To Quote Entertainment Weekly: Mission Impassable

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2000)

I thoroughly enjoyed Mission Impossible one and I fully expected to enjoy Mission Impossible 2. Wrong! I cannot quite put my finger on exactly what I was feeling during the movie, it was almost as if I had the uncomfortable feeling you get when you feel as if you left the iron on at home. Tom Cruise seemed to be saying "See I still have what it takes to be an action star". Not to mention the entire movie was so completely predictable I could have left 30 minutes into it and not felt as if I missed anything at all. They over did the rubber mask scenario, the bad guy didn't make you hate him. He didn't generate any feelings in me what so ever. And that female lead (I don't even care to know her name) has zero acting ability at all. The only look she knows how to give is the pouty, someone come save me look. The love interest story line should have been more downplayed in my opinion and they should have picked a better vilian, or broadened his role to make him more believable and sinister. I just couldn't get my heart into hating this guy.
The action sequences were very good, all though they had all been done and over done in other movies. I was expecting something new. More cool toys, different types of stunts etc.
I do not recommend going to see this unless you go at a matinee price or wait for it to come out on video and dvd.