Mission: Self-Serving

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2000)

Let's get this straight from the jump: I didn't expect a Best Picture contender. Okay. Here we go....... Tom Cruise returns to re-invent the Mission:Impossible Team. Actually, you see, there is no "I" in team. Well, forget what you learned!!! Tom Cruise hogs all screen time in this stupid
excuse of an action film. Incoherent, chopped, and glossy to the extreme, Mission:II will surely leave the "I'll accept mediocrity" crowd cheering for the rest of the summer. This is one of the most self-serving films that has been released in years. I am actually a Tom Cruise fan, but he loses many points for this waste of time. The villain is out of central casting, as is the supposed plot. Note to Ving Rhames: You are talented man! You have to stop appearing as the ninth fiddle in glossy b.s. Playing the great role of Marsalles Wallace in Pulp Fiction, Ving has went downhill ever since. Back to Mission. Anthony Hopkins, one of the true acting greats, shows up to accept a check for his downpayment on this L.A. Pad. What a waste of an appearance. John Woo is a puppet for the cats in Hollywood now. This film to me is even more incoherent than the original, screwed up Mission:I. This film has "MONEY MAKING MACHINE" written all over it. Oh well. GLADIATOR reigns over this wretched filth. The inside joke on Ethan grinning the entire film was funny but painfully obviously. Cruise pocketed around $70 Million for the original. He will probably top that with this one. Lay down the cash and get ready for plastic. Count the amount of close-ups and grins on Tommy's face. I could go on, but I won't. It's just a disappointing summer movie. What's next to see?