Sheer fun and retina scorching entertainment!!

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2000)

First of all, forget what you've read about this movie, all the bad press, because critics tend to over-analyze things. If they didn't complain about something they wouldn't be critics. Forget the bad reviews, go in with a blank mind, don't complain about lack of story or drama, not that it doesn't have any, but this isn't GOODFELLAS, HEAT, FIGHT CLUB OR THAT RUBBISH AMERICAN BEAUTY, AWFUL ROMEO AND JULIET AND COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY TITANIC!! FORGET IT!! FORGET THE CRITICS AND BAD REVIEWS, THEY'RE JUST BEING GRUMPY. Enjoy the movie and let yourself go, lose yourself. But do it by watching this movie first. If you like action movies, with guns, explosions, death defying stunts, retina scorching special effects and spectacular directing that oozes style and creativity....then see this movie now!! Stop reading this review and go to the biggest cinema with the biggest screen and the loudest surround speakers!! But if you're still here, let me expand. The first M:I's story was boring and it had a strong european feel to it, which made it very dull indeed. M:I 2 however is something else, it is the summer mega blockbuster hit of SUMMER 2000, bar none. The first thing you notice about the movie is it's unique contemporary, hi-tech and stylish colour pallete and image. It's a feast for the eye's. O.k, so you get past the plane crash, and the jaw dropping cliff climb, which apart from sending you wide-eyed, kicks off a spectacular masterpiece of a soundtrack...and it only gets better. Then comes a lovely flamenco dance, also carrying a hammering soundtrack, brilliantly shot and edited. Car chase, slow motion, bed scene, ANTHONY HOPKINS, a great addition, injects a little humour...Then you get plot developement with lots of dilouge. Wait for it.....Then ACTION, GUNS, EXPLOSIONS SPARKS STAND-OFF'S, all of which convey waves of emotion, not only by the exvellent musical score but the stylish directing and camera work. The stronghold break-in and bike chase and the stylish finale will leave you breathless, wide-eyed gasping for air, because you stopped breathing during certain parts, like when a blade comes down on ethun hunt's eye and stop millimetres above his pupil. Everyone in the cinema screamed and gasped and shouted because it was shot so well, that there was a great, actual sense of horror, surprise, shock and most of all excitement. That painted a massive smile to my face. some people and critics say it was dull in the middle....NOT TRUE!! It was full of plot developement and the whole movie had loads of great twist in it... i won't spoil it for you. This is a must own and must see movie which will make an essential edition to any video cabinet or collectors shelf. saying that, i wouldn't mind owning it on VHS at all, as long as it was the wide-screen version, but...IT'S GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING ON DVD. If you haven't got a DVD player, get one now just to own this movie when it is released. I simply can't put it all in words.....see it!!If you're looking for any other movie which possesses the same style, visual and emotional impact of M:I 2 then you won't find any other, except if it's directed by John Woo, I recommend HARD BOILED, and THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS is good too.
ENJOY, AND WELCOME TO ENTERTAINMENT AS IT SHOULD BE.