A Kenetic Thrill Adventure!

Rating: 7/10 (15 August 2007)

IMF agent Ethan Hunt has been sent on a mission to retrieve and destroy the supply of a genetically created disease called 'Chimera'. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. He must also contest with a gang of international terrorists headed by a turned bad former IMF agent who has already managed to steal the cure called 'Bellerophon' and now need 'Chimera' to complete their grand plan of infecting the whole world. In order to infiltrate and locate the terrorist group he relies on the help of an international thief Nyah of whom he quickly develops a love interest. Time is not only running out for Agent Hunt to find and destroy 'Chimera' before the terrorists get their hands on it.
Wow, I have finally finished the Mission Impossible trilogies. Starting with the third and ending with the second. Weird, isn't it? Now getting that out of the way, there's another problem: I've seen the last thirty minutes on television without watching the whole movie. Yeah, I think watching the ending and watching the third movie before the rest would affect how I would like this film.
Still, I liked the film. Well, it is as good as the first if not better than the first. Fortunately, the plot is easier to understand in here and there are tons more action sequences. I really can't stop saying it. This is a truly an exhilarating action/spy film and it's a worthy sequel. Yeah, I knew what was going to happen before they were going to happen because I've seen parts of it before but this was still an entertaining movie for me.
I got annoyed with this one problem though: It's when characters take their masks off revealing another character. Each film has this kind of scene but they kind of overdo it in this one. Another is with Ving Rhames just caring about his shoes and tuxedo whenever people make a scratch on them. I also didn't think that Thandie Newton was a good love interest for Tom Cruise. But to say for their performances, they were good.
The cinematography was really well done and the score was really relaxing. This felt like a laid back film. It wasn't all too serious and had some humor in it and you can't deny you wouldn't expect some clichés and cheesy one liners in here. The locations in the film was also very beautiful. The action sequences were amazing and thrilling.
I can say this film was as good as the first film and has great action sequences. It's a perfect popcorn movie for those who haven't seen it yet and it's entertaining, although it isn't as close as the first or third Mission Impossible films. Fasten your seatbelts because you're in for a kinetic ride!