Mission: Action

Rating: 3/10 (27 May 2000)

When I went to see MI2 i had the first movie in mind, which was a mistake. The first one had an interesting plot, espionage, intrigue, suspense and charicters who seemed somewhat realistic. The second one replaced these aspects of the movie with some well done action sequences. Everything that the Mission: Impossible was Mission: Impossible 2 was not. The action sequences actually made sense in the first one, where as in Mission: Impossible 2 it was obvious that the plot was constructed as to fit around the action sequences. On the whole, where Mission: Impossible was a smart espionage movie, Mission: Impossible 2 is a clone of some of the new cheesey James Bond flicks.
If mindless action is your thing, you'll want to see Mission: Impossible 2, but if you like a plot to go along with good action, just rent Mission: Impossible.