Guilty pleasure of the Mission Impossible franchise

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2019)

Mission Impossible II is the sequel to Mission Impossible and stars Tom Cruise reprising his role as Ethan Hunt. In this mission Ethan Hunt has to retrieve a deadly virus before a rouge IMF (Impossible Missions Force) agent sells it to the highest bidder. Before Mission Impossible II, Brian De Palma directed the first one, but then he left and gave the reigns to John Woo, who's best known for directing movies like Face Off or Broken Arrow. Also added to the mix is a soundtrack provided by Limp Bizkit, who provides the theme song to Mission Impossible and Metallica. So having John Woo as the director plus music provided by Limp Bizkit and Metallica, I think its safe to say that this Mission Impossible will have no ties to the show or the first one. And also increase the action and focus little on the spying. And what we have here now is an action packed punk, rock n' roll Mission Impossible that has very little to with spy and more with action. Even though John Woo is the director I cant help but feel that someone else directed the first hour of Mission Impossible II as we have this weird love triangle between Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, and Dougray Scott. I didn't care one bit for this weird love triangle, I wanted to see action, explosions, and doves, which is what John Woo is known for in most of his movies. Also having Dougray Scott as the villain was miscast as he did not once show any signs of fear, or intimidation, but I found him very annoying and irritating that it was wasted potential. The main problem I have with this is the script as it feels so lazy and rushed that the script writers couldn't be bothered with editing or coming up with crafty dialogue. And it's all over the place, as it gives no explanation how this is connected with this. But thankfully John Woo and composer Hans Zimmer jump in at the last hour and gives us what we came here to really see and give us goose bumps. So in the end, I wouldn't say that this a bad movie, but I would call it a guilty pleasure of the Mission Impossible franchise. But it would've been better if everyone including the studio pitched in and balanced the spy and the action.