Impossible to believe, possible to miss.

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2000)

Considering that I saw (and can barely remember) the first MI movie, I'm not sure why I expected more from the sequel, but I did. All of the elements could be cleared from the checklist of things required in a blockbuster movie of this nature, but somehow, they didn't fit together right.
Character development was there but hollow - I didn't really buy-in to the Cruise/Newton love connection, no matter how many times they shared slo-mo looks across a crowded room.
They tried hard to make me believe there was a love-at-first-sight love affair between Cruise & Newton. They tried really hard to make Cruise seem suave like Bond. They tried really really hard to sprinkle the whole movie with sophisticated action sequences and stunts.
Try as they did... it looked more like a prototype for a better movie. Maybe it was rushed?
RENTAL.