Mission Impossible 2 - If only it was as good as it sounds, or at least as good as the first.

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2000)

The main problem in MI2 is the plot, to be precise the lack of it. The first MI movie was good because it was a thriller which just happened to enjoy the services of state-of-the-art stunts and special effects. Yet the plot remained the most important thing to it's writers and producers.
In MI2 they tried it the other way around. First the Stunts and special effects then the plot, if you can even call it a 'plot'. The result is a movie overfilled with stunts and effects, but without a decent story to justify them. It is almost as if the actors and dialogs exist just to provide an excuse to show cool gadgets and science fiction espionage technology.
I'm not saying you couldn't enjoy yourself in this movie. Some Parts of me obviously did. But you can also enjoy yourself in any other action movie. You just expect more from MI2 than a standard action movie. As in any action movie, there are holes in the story and some of the stunts, especially in the final fighting scene, were unrealistic (as one of my friends bothered to mention every second or so of the movie).
The only actress worth mentioning is Thandie Newton, and that's only because she looks damn fine.