First candidate for worst film of the year.

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2000)

I liked the first MI film, but this shoddy, thoughtless sequel bears no resemblance to that movie. The characters here have no depth and no motivation; puppets of the plot, they traipse around meaninglessly blowing stuff up and staring at the camera with great intensity. The plot is boring and hackneyed and no one thought to give the villain any motivation at all. The pacing is monotonously slow -- it takes forever to get through even the supposedly fast-paced action sequences -- and director Woo tries for artsy with the action but ends up with messy. To be avoided at all costs