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Rating: 6/10 (22 June 2003)

M:I-2 - spoilers((( Tom Cruise starred in the thriller classic De Palma's Mission Impossible in 1996 and was a big blockbuster. The sequel didn't start shooting before in 1999 and was released summer 2000, and it was certainly not a bad experience watching the movie in the cinema. The movie has a charming and very smooth color like, very nice filmed and stuff and that makes a twist between hot romance and bloody bad-guys. Cruise stars again as Ethan Hunt but this time the villain is the Irish Dougray Scott and my-lady is Thandie Newton as Nyah Hall. The movie fits very good and has some scenes that really entertains with big E, for an example the motorbike chase between Hunt and Ambrose (Scott), the final climax kung-fu between the same two guys, the shooting scene in the lab, the chopper wiring down Hunt, the flamingo dancing Spanish (beautiful) and last but not least the opening climbing scene. The film futures sometimes highly pro and interesting progress and charisma, but is maybe too much for the goods when it all gets hooked up by the same slow-motion effect all the time. A very peace-and-love scene is when Hunt has just blown up a door and the frame stands in fire, Ambrose looks and you can clearly see the shining from the fire in his eyes, a dove flies upon threw the door and next comes Hunt walking in slow-mo. past the door, flaring in Ambrose's eyes. Good! I don't say M:I-2 is more teenage based then the original, but it is maybe more for the new audience, those who were allowed watching R rated movie in 1997. Cause the film has just as much violence as the first, but is maybe not so difficult to follow.

STORY: Ethan Hunt are still working for IMF (Impossible Mission Forces). He is on a vacation when his boss contacts him and tells him to go to Spania where he can find the elegant thief/spy Nyah. They hooks together because Nyah is a ex-girlfriend to a new terrorist Sean Ambrose who has stolen the virus Chimera and also Belleraphon, who helps you getting rid of Chimera. Hunt starts a hunt! He also gets together with Luther (remember from the first) and Billy Bird.
Very entertaining and nice action scenes, but the first is better. STARS: *** 3/5