Fairly good but very predictable

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2002)

As far as action films go, it was fairly good. However, not being a John Woo fan I felt he took the essence out of the whole genre of MI. The original Mission Impossible movie was brilliant, as was the director Brian De Palma. The whole series and first movie were built on suspense drama with that De Palma touch of "where in the hell did that come from?". I like a movie where I don't know how a movie is going to end within 5 minutes of the end. This movie was very predictable from the beginning and the only thing that keeps you watching are the special effects, which were very predictable (a John Woo trademark). I am hoping that Cruise/Wagner will pick another director for MI3.