This movie draws a thin red line...

Rating: Null/10 (30 December 2000)

between what is great and plausible action and something just plain silly. Movies like this make you wonder if there the action is so much, it detracts from anything more meaningful than Tom Cruise catching ninja stars between his toes while cartwheeling out of nuclear explosions. All the while, his hair flowing like a Vidal Sassoon commercial, his bright smile shining, kind of subliminally telling the audience "hey baby. I'm money! You know you all want me." It's so silly. Ethan Hunt always in control, he's always looking so ready to strut down the catwalk; he can even change masks faster than Superman in a telephone booth. Oh, and he just happens to carry a spare mask of every cast member on the payroll just in case all odds would indicate that Ethan Hawk actually might suffer a horrible demise. All of these really cheesed up traits, combined with his seemingly immortal endurance, and prowess that saves him endless times without failure, makes Mission Impossible 2 a totally great film to make fun of.