Where was the spectacle?

Rating: 4/10 (28 July 2000)

Considering this movie cost over a hundred million bucks, where did the money go? Cruise's salary one must presume. In a blockbuster like this I like to see some spectacle - the helicopter case/explosion in M:I-1, 747's exploding like in Die Hard 2. But this movie seemed to have the production values of your average TV movie. We didn't even see the plane crash at the beginning, just a cut away to the opening titles.
A decent motor bike chase just isn't enough to save this movie from being moribund. Woo showed a lot more Hollywood style energy in Broken Arrow and Face/Off.
Watch those again and forget M:I-2.