Just another unfortunate action flick

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2000)

Frankly, this movie disappointed me. I thoroughly enjoyed the first installment of the series, which was as interesting as it was entertaining. However, Mission:Impossible 2 little resembles its predecessor. Ever since I heard that John Woo was to direct M:I-2, I was crestfallen and miffed; as an action director, I thought he had little place to direct a sort of movie where action is not really the main theme. I was correct. John Woo's style of slow-motion action simply did not fit with a Mission:Impossible movie. Simple action may not have disappointed me so, but some of the action scenes are downright absurd. One in particular would have broken many bones in both the characters' bodies. And I found it rather odd that when the movie called for Tom Cruise's character to shoot someone, the script called for his having to do some sort of flip beforehand. As unfitting as the action may be, the movie did, however, contain some of the intrigue and maneuvering that the first did, but not very much. It is as if Woo made an action film and simply added a bit of the Mission:Impossible trademark in order to call it a Mission:Impossible film. If you enjoy action, see the movie; if you enjoy Mission:Impossible movies, don't go out of your way to see this one.