This sequel doesn't live up to it's predecessor.

Rating: 6/10 (4 August 2000)

Where Mission: Impossible was more a thriller with a complex storyline and interesting twists and characters, M:I 2 is more a brainless action-picture. A good one at that but still a disappointment. I'm also not a very big fan of John Woo. Technically he's brilliant ofcourse but he doesn't know how to develop a story. Dialogue in his films is always sentimental and corny. The action-sequences are very fast-paced but too outrageous. All these slow-motion shots make the whole thing look like a circus-show. And where do all these doves keep coming from? Doves don't belong in bunkers! Woo is taking this whole dove-thing to far. Can't he be subtle for once? And then there's the climax which is even more ridiculous. It's too bad Cruise and DePalma couldn't get along on-set or this might have been a whole different picture.