Pretty good...for mindless entertainment

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2000)

I sat through two hours of explosions, fire, latex masks, car chases, and Tom Cruise's eyebrows (he needs to cut his hair--he looks like "David Cassidy--Super Spy). I must confess, I never saw the first Mission Impossible. Actually, you didn't need to see the T.V. series ever to watch this movie. On the whole, it was enjoyable...I could put my brain into neutral and set it on Cruise-control for two hours (forgive the pun). Ok, so my roommate and I giggled alot more than we should have--we couldn't help it, some of the stunts were so laughably absurd! But then, it wouldn't be Mission Impossible, if it wasn't at least a little campy. All the gratuitous cleavage shots, the innuendo, and the "thief-with-the-cold-exterior-but-deep-down-heart-of-gold", all add elements to the typical SPY movie. MI2 is no different--big explosions, cool shots, and superficial characters. But hey, who said the movies had to be Oscar-worthy art films all the time. If you want an action movie with complex characters and a great plot, see "Gladiator". If you want mindless eye-candy entertainment, catch a matinee, and see "Mission: Impossible 2".