Visual and aural candy, but left me hungry for real food...

Rating: 5/10 (22 July 2000)

Really looked forward to this film, but story was weak, albeit with great aural and visual effects that provided sweetness but no bulk. When I go to a movie that's a take-off from a TV show (in this case, one that I loved), I want it to at least carry some of the essential features of that show forward. True more so in MI-1: not true here. Could've been a Bond flick if I hadn't seen the title. Went back to see MI-1 on video, and realized how much better that was. Actually required some brain power and some thinking. Writing here was (surprizingly) weak. Didn't need to hear, "If I told you, it wouldn't be a vacation" three times... Action scenes fun, but too long.