Cheesy James Bond Rip-Off... Indeed very cheesy.

Rating: 3/10 (29 May 2000)

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to suffer this movie. It's not mission hard, it's mission impossible.
The plot is stupid, in hockey we use the expression, leaving the puck behind, in this movie they left the plot behind after the first 20 minutes. The action sequence are good, until the 20 minutes long look-at-me-killing-everyone-on-my-bike where John Woo show off why he sucks, and Tom Cruise ego is the only thing quite unmatchable. It's cool, then it's enough, then it's too much, then it's lame, then it gets very bad, then (spoiler) Ethan Hunt kicks his gun out of the sand to kill someone pointing a gun-- on his back!??! Good ol'e cheesy 80ies style. Two words: Way off. The directing is clever, but sometimes it seemed forever before the editing would cut a scene. And what about the slow-motion every 10 minutes, it's over-used. Woo should stay in Hong-Kong if he is proud of this movie. It's not even as good as Broken Arrow. The only thing this movie has is its truly cool villain. He is young, lethal and has fire in his eyes. Scott is the only cool guy in the movie. Sir Anthony Hopkins makes a cameo.
I give this movie a 25% (3/10) (Stick with the original)
P.S. Mission Impossible is about a team doing something without attracting any attention. Now this was the exact opposite.