Extreme Disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2000)

This movie not only disappointed me, but it surprised me too. The basic point of the movie is go kick the bad guy's butt and act like a super-human karate kid doing it. It had few things if anything leading up to it. In the first movie, the IMF team was what you would expect out of a team of secret agents, but in this movie not only was the team not well organized, but the team leader was on the other side of the world making a fifteen second appearance throughout the entire movie. Now I wasn't expecting the leader to turn bad in this movie (It was an IMF agent again surprise surprise!) but even before Phelps(IMF leader in the first M:I for those who never saw the movie)did turn bad, he was there with the team leading them. I think the only good action scene in the movie was the very beginning when Ethan climbed the Plateau(or whatever) with no supports. The rest were either similar to the first one or hard to believe even for an action movie. That surprised me about John Woo, considering I liked Face Off. I thought the script of this movie killed the good acting of both Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames did in the first Movie. As for the super-human karate kid part, Cruise was doing moves which I've seen in Jackie Chan movies which I like but not what I expect out of a secret agent. Also after all the explosions and stunt the only injuries Cruise gets are at the end and that's two cuts. Usually in action flicks the main character has blood all over him by the first five minutes, not last. Over all I was disappointed and surprised that this was Mission Impossible. I suggest you steer clear of this one!!!