Entertaining but Lacks...

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2000)

This movie is entertaining but suffers from a complete lack of realism. The motorcycle scenes and the fight scenes are examples of not being realistic. People in the theater I was at were shaking their heads and laughing at the "fight scenes". Also, John Woo must like slomo's because this film is full of them. That is perfectly fine for the incredible action sequences but the periods in between those times shouldn't be so slow and feel so fake. The overall story line is good but it lacks several things. The last half-hour is really the only thing I would recommend.
And also, there are no scenes in MI2 that will be remembered as well as the scene in MI1 where Tom Cruise is suspended above a computer retrieving the NOC list. There is a scene in MI2 where Tom is suspended for a few seconds but it's over rather quickly. I was really surprised that Woo didn't slow that down as he did everything else. In my opinion MI2 isn't terrible, it's just dull and not much fun... words never before used to describe John Woo films.