About as decent as the first one

Rating: Null/10 (24 September 2014)

The first Mission Impossible was a fun little action romp and one of the few films where I could stomach Tom Cruise as an action star. One of the few would also include this second installment in the franchise, where Ethan Hunt (Cruise) has to join forces with a professional thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) in order to stop a deadly virus from falling into hands that would turn it into a weapon.
I think I prefer the original over this one, mainly because it had a slightly rawer edge to it and had the novelty on its side. This movie feels just the slightest bit safer than the first one, and we don't really learn anything new about Ethan, though he remains as likable as in the first film.
The sequel also maintains all the good elements. The excellent action scenes, the phenomenal special effects (at least for their time), the fun characters and the plot lines that are fun and silly, but not too much to distract you from the action.
If you liked the first one, I urge you to give this one a watch. It's more of the same quality.