Better than the first

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2001)

I read the previous (scathing) review, and I felt that it was unfair. I thought that MI2 was much better than the first movie, and didn't make you come out of it saying "what the hell was THAT?" the way the first one did (with me at least). Nice action sequences by John Woo (but the car crash sequence was a TAD overdone - I got so confused). Thandie Newton seems to have been added to provide her sexy smile (which is about all she did). Her acting skills were severely underused in this role, but hey, it's an action flick! Cruise and Scott (Dougray Scott, the villain) gave really good performances (not the best of either career). I think it's interesting that no one has noticed William Mapother yet (some relative of Cruise's) - he's worked in and on many of Cruise's films, and I think it would be worth finding out just what the relation is :) All in all, I'd buy a copy and I'm sorry we missed it on the big screen! Great soundtrack, toned-down Woo, good action :) I liked it (and I started the movie thinking I'd hate it!)