One of the Best Movies of the Summer of 2000!!!

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2000)

First of all, I am very disappointed to hear all the negative reviews on this movie. I am also glad that at least 1/2 of the reviews were good. Now to my review on this movie.
First of all, I saw Tom Cruise for the first time on the "big screen" in this movie. I thought that his performance as Ethan Hunt was positively mesmerizing! In my opinion, his acting was very good and he showed a side of Ethan Hunt's personality that was not portrayed in the previous movie. Even when he doesn't talk, he is acting. Just look at the expressions on his face when he doesn't speak. I think that he was very convincing as Hunt and that he was sensitive and caring in his feelings for Nyah. As for their chemistry, it was awesome, romantic and cute! Who says that you can't fall in Love after one night. There are some people in this world who have done it!
I think that Tom Cruise is a very extraordinary actor. After viewing this movie a few weeks ago for the first time, I took it upon myself to rent his other movies. I feel that he has done equally well in all of his movies. Some of them are truely Oscar worthy performances.
Back to MI-2. Tom has matured since his role as Ethan in the last movie. He is very handsome, sweet, sensitive and caring and was generally concerned for the welfare of the people of Australia, as well as the world. By the way, he was supposed to be a super-spy and therefore he acted accordingly. Some of his stunts were unbelievable, but they were supposed to be!! Wake up! I thoroughly enjoyed his performance. Nyah was also interesting, pretty and a good actress. I felt a little jealous of her! Dougray Scott was OK as the villian and the actor that portrayed Luther was great. The other cast members were good performers.
I never felt that this movie was a "Tom Cruise Ego Trip" as many of you have stated, but that he was thoroughly enjoying himself in this movie and that he worked hard in giving his all to this movie, both in acting and producing. He is a very serious man when it comes to his acting (I read his book and he is a very interesting person in many ways). I give him credit for doing many of his own stunts (they were spectacular)! I also enjoyed the directing style of John Woo. I did not know his previous work, with the exception of Face Off, which I found enjoyable. MI-2 just blew me away!!!
MI-2 was spectacular, awe inspiring, great eye-candy, romantic, an edge on your seat action thriller, had great special effects and had wonderful cinematography. I thought that the script wasn't half as bad as a lot of you have mentioned and I give Tom Cruise, John Woo and Robert Towne credit for collaborating and producing a great Summer movie! I have seen 4 of the new Summer movies and MI-2, bar none, was the best movie this Summer.
In conclusion, I just want to say to the people who bashed this movie, that apparently you are either jealous of Tom Cruise or you don't know how to sit back, enjoy and be thoroughly entertained by a good action-packed Summer movie. I also liked MI and I found it easy to understand the plot! I have regretted not seeing the first MI in the theater, I saw it on video. This movie is totally different from that movie, but that is OK as they are supposed to be two different kinds of movies. I found this movie more exciting than the first. This movie was pure entertainment and I felt good after seeing it. This movie was nothing short of exhilerating. Incidentally, I have seen it several times and it gets better every time!!! The score was also fantastic! I am not a "heavy metal fan" but I thoroughly enjoyed this score.
Go and see this movie on the "big screen". You will not regret it!!!!!!
I give this movie a 10 out of 10!