VERY GOOD AND JOHN WOO DOES IT AGAIN, but...

Rating: 7/10 (27 October 2000)

I have 3 a couple of reasons on way this film prevented itself from being BRILLIANT! I. TOM CRUISE (Why was he given the lead role in the first place, he is no way and never will be an action star!) II. Those few moments that were really stupid and obvious on what was to happen next, such as the car chase on the side of the cliff, the mask change between Ethan and Hugh which resulted in Sean shooting his best friend many times! I knew straight away (before I saw the finger) that it wasn't Ethan Hunt, but Hugh Stamp! And of course, the moments when Ethan chucked the antidote for CHIMERA to Ving Rhames' character and managed to kick up the gun from the sand, go down and kill Sean Ambrose! Which is absolutely impossible, considering the amount of time he had and how close Sean Ambrose was behind him! Maybe that is why the movie was called MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II III. THE MANY MASKS THAT WERE PULLED OUT OF NOWHERE! On the other hand, JOHN WOO DOES IT AGAIN! About **1/2 / ****