Vanity show for Cruise

Rating: 4/10 (2 May 2002)

Pros: Action sequences.
Cons: Score, overexposure of cruise, tries to be like James Bond.
After the brilliant Mission Impossible, the series has taken a turn for the worse under the helm of John Woo. Cruise fans should love this movie because he is basically in almost every scene and always smiling. In the first film he acted, this one he basically just flashes his smile, what's up with that. The script is nonexistent and how many times do we really need a face-change sequence. John Woo has recently had a bad streak since he came to hollywood and this is his worst film. Cruise doesn't even assemble a team when he captures Thandy Newton, he basically does it himself. Ving Rhames who was good in the first film feels like his role is basically a cameo. This film has lost its roots from the television show and instead wants to be like James Bond. Thandie Newton is basically eye-candy, she isn't even needed for her skills as a thief but instead for her skills at seducing. Dougray Scott is a bad villian. What the h**l happened to the brilliant score of Danny Elfman, instead the score is rocked-up. The only saving grace of this movie is the motorcycle sequences. The fight scenes between Scott and Cruise is lethargic at best and seems like a fight out of WWF smackdown. Who cares about Chymera and Belereform. Hopefully Fincher can save the series.
Premise: Hunt must stop a deadly virus.
Mission: Impossible 2 was not nominated for an Academy award but it won MTV awards and was nominated for Razzies.
Grade: 4/10 (Horrible).