Difficult Mission, Different Crew and Better than I

Rating: 5/10 (10 April 2011)

Man, I didn't care for the first Mission: Impossible movie, but that's another review. Where part one dealt strictly with the spy business and forgetting action almost all together, part II was the exact opposite. (SEE: Mission: Impossible III where they finally got it right.)
Be prepared to be bombarded with SLO-MOOOOO scenes and roughly 50 fake-face/gotcha scenes. Okay, 50 is steep, but after the 8-9th time, it'll feel as much. Get past that and you have a decent action flick with a wonderful (so-called – at the time – retired) Anthony Hopkins cameo, the gorgeous Thandie Newton and sly Dougray Scott. Also the score was good and soundtrack was awesome with one of my favorites: Take a Look Around by Limp Bizkit.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is on holiday (love that non-American way of stating: vacation) when he's called back to duty to get a virus which was produced so there can be a cure. SeriouslyI've seen this several times and never really followed why they needed to create a virus in order for them to have a need for a cure.
Yeah, money, duh. But, the initial scientists were working on the right side. Anyways, Hunt has to recruit people for his mission: Nyah (Newton) and his signature buddy, Luther (the always fun Ving Rhames) and someone else that I don't even remember so it doesn't matter. There's double crossing, global hopping and again, slow-motion scenes withdoves (or was it pigeons) flapping around for "style" I'm guessing.
It's a no-brainer film with some big budgeted scenes. It's fun if you let yourself go and leave your brain at the door. The series won't be complete or worthwhile until the next installment.