A disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (12 June 2000)

I like Tom Cruise, I like John Woo (When I'm in the mood for mindless entertainment) but I just can't bring myself to really like MI2. The plot was weak, the action was terrible (I sat with friends after the moment and we dissected the action sequences. You could pick out exactly which John Woo movies the fight scenes came from. They're the same every time.) and it was hopelessly unintelligent. I expect far better out of anything that's going to claim the name Mission: Impossible. The first one was a good film, this one was just shot after shot of Tom Cruise trying to look good and John Woo trying to use as much slow motion and two fisted shooting as possible. Why was it that every time Tom went after someone, there was this need for him to do a flip before kicking them? I expected far better than this.