You are going to see it...

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2000)

...but you have seen it before. There are few if any real surprises and there is little to no concern for the character's development like there was in the first film. Tom cruise is a fine actor, and it seems like he wanted to break out the acting chops but was not allowed to do so (granted this isn't Born on the 4th of July). The same goes for Dougray Scott (he made a great villain). There were great stunts, but you have seen them already in the trailer; also, they are pretty unbelievable, adhering to John Woo fashion. The inevitable end fight scene would be fantastic, but John Woo's incessant slo-mo cuts are disturbing if not quite bewildering. Woo would have done well the follow a slower version of the Jackie Chan school of fighting, and left out the ridiculous slow motion; the fight would have been much, much smoother. You'll see what I mean when you see it...because you know you are anyway. By the way, I don't want to slam John Woo, his films are entertaining when in the mood for them, but this would have been better if it wasn't so "Hong Kongish". I was expecting more of a action-suspense type thriller, but instead I got "The Killer".