The worst of 2000

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2000)

This movie lacks everything that made the first Mission: Impossible good. Woo, who probably thinks that the original TV show and movie were bad, tries to make M: I something that it is not. Woo is simply a bad director, instead of dialog he uses explosions, instead of character development he uses car chases, etc. This film has absolutely nothing entertaining in it. Unless you like ultra un-realistic action that makes no sense you will not like this picture.
The first film had intelligence in it, there was thought involved in the plot, and Ethan Hunt was actually a normal person, unlike M: I-2 where he is just a simple two dimensional figure with no personality. Tom Cruise, who is one of the producers, should have demanded to have Brian De Palma back, who actually knows a thing or two about story telling.
The only other movie that is even close to the quality of this picture is Battlefield Earth, and I even liked that movie more because at least you could laugh at how pathetic John Travolta looks.