The same ol' great stuff from John Woo... but something's missing...

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 2000)

Now, I'm not saying M:I2 was bad. I'm not saying it was good, either. I'm just saying that it was really friggin' cool to see Tom Cruise do a slow-motion cartwheel kick on Dougray Scott's ugly mug. Now, if you wanna see action this summer, go see Gladiator. If you wanna see special effects, go see Titan, A.E. or X-Men. M:I2 runs the middle line--a fair amount of action, and decent-enough special effects... but this is friggin' Diet John Woo here. Watch something of his WITHOUT all the kind, sugar-coated PG-13 censoring, and you get films that exude raw power from every sweat-soaked pore. Believe me, "The Killer" makes this movie look like "Elmo in Grouchland." Not-half-bad state or no, grab a bunch of friends and see this movie, in a theater with a big screen and good sound. If you're the action hound I am, you'll be satisfied... just not filled.