Utter rubbish! An insult to the original TV series

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2004)

The beauty of the TV series (and the MI franchise) is that the baddies never knew it was happening to them until the last moment (and they certainly never died in a hail of bullets! They didn't need to - it was always more satisfying to see the look on their faces when they knew they'd been 'done'). This implied a level of intelligence both in the writing and the plot - both of which this film lacks. Maybe I'm viewing the TV series through the rose tinted glasses of history, but I certainly looked forward to it being on every week. I don't think any sequels will be met with the same anticipation. MI2 (and the first movie) is formulaic, unimaginative twaddle without a redeeming frame in its 90odd minutes.