What happened?

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2000)

I waited so long for Mission Impossible 2 and when it arrived i convinced myself that it would be a very cool film. The rumors on the internet telling me that the movie had no real story or plot didn't frighten me. Hay, it is Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise doesn't want to ruin his childhood series, he will make sure that John Woo will compensate the story with a lot of action. But 'o my god' what did they do? Anthony Hopkins in MI2 for 4 minutes, changing masks all the time (about 30 times), multiple loose ends, John Woo's doves flying all over the place but now John Woo sees it as art and leaves the film for what it is. Nice shots from dancers and horse riders are stretched for minutes, what a bore... What happened to the original series style? There was no humor in the movie; when Ving Rhames asked Tom how the situation was on the island Tom said 'Risky'. Why didn't he say 'Risky business'? That would be a nice inside joke! But hey, another perfectly genre waisted. Please don't give us a Mission Impossible 3 i will watch some reruns of the series and play part 1 from time to time. Greetings Jeroen