Unintentionally Funny

Rating: 5/10 (25 February 2001)

MI2 has excellent action sequences. In that regard, it succeeds as a summer action movie. As a comedy, it is unintentionally funny. It was hilarious to see how fast Tom and Thandie went from car chase to sex to love to self-sacrifice, I thought I was watching a porn. It was hilarious to see Tom trying to act with emotional depth. The characters/plot were very stupid, even by action movie standards. I've also seen Hollow Man tonight and I have a hard time deciding which one is dumber. Big question: Is John Woo parodying himself? Seeing Tom Cruise flying with 2 guns and trying to act cool a la Chow Yun-Fat makes me laugh so hard. And what's with the doves? In 'The Killer' and 'Face/Off', doves as an overt symbol of peace counter the struggle between good and evil. In here without the dramatic tension (bland bad/good guys), it's corny and over done. I rest my case. Come on John, do you have to use doves, cathartic music and supposedly meaningful imageries for every movie or did Tom the producer force you into this?