A sequel as sequels are expected to be, but only...

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2005)

... Without the positive factors featured in the original attraction, which featured a nice plot full of (though perhaps slight standard) plot twists, gadgets, computers, etc. None of that in this movie however, since Mission: Impossible II is, in contradiction with its prequel, an action-movie with little thought. The plot involves a virus and a medicine, and if you haven't fallen asleep by then, you'll probably figure everything out in the first half-hour.
The movie is, as said, far more based on the "Lights, Camera, Action, No-brain"-idea, and that action is mainly Tom Cruise basically saying: "Look at me, I'm doin' all this impossible stuff and I'm coooool!". And it sucks. I've seen 50ct acting less "cool" in his music-clips. The action is way too far over the top and that, together with the lack of a good plot and its plot twists, ensured that I was watching the movie with a feeling that was mostly based on exclamations as: "bull, you can't do that!", "oooh, look at me, I'm sooooo tough" and "yeah yeah yeah, I don't want these James Bond like love-scenes!".
As most sequels, this certainly has to bend over for the prequel, due to the overload of "coolness".