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Mission Impossible II (2000)


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Three 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: PG-13 (intense sequences of violent action and some sensuality)
Length: 123 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

Captions

English

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Plot

This plot doesn't get much simpler; the bad guys have a deadly disease and the good guys, led by Cruise of course, are out to get it back.

Pros

If you thought there wasn't enough action in the first movie, this one will make up for it; car chases, gun play, motorcycles, acrobatics, explosions, etc. And, like the first movie, they give the guys another beauty named Thandie Newton. Throw in a brief cameo by Anthony Hopkins and you have a film that's a little better than the original.

Cons

Simple storyline with the inevitable outcome; the good guy not only wins but also gets the girl. And the final battle on the motorcycles is more than just a little over-the-top.

Extras

  • Commentary by Director John Woo
  • "Behind the Mission" Cast and Crew Interviews
  • "Impossible Shots" Stunts Featurette
  • "I Disappear" Metallica Music Video
  • Alternate Title Sequence
  • "Mission Improbable" MI-2 Inspired Parody from the MTV Movie Awards
  • DVD Rom Features

Recommendation

The second in the series of popcorn flicks, just a lot more going on in this one. Just sit back and enjoy.

Director

John Woo   [Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Paycheck, Windtalkers]

Actors

Nicholas Bell - Accountant
[Dark City]
Cristina Brogers - Flamenco Dancer
Kee Chan - Chemist
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt
[A Few Good Men, Collateral, Interview with the Vampire, The Last Samurai, Magnolia, Minority Report, Mission Impossible I/III, Rain Man, Top Gun, War of the Worlds]
Kim Fleming - Larrabee
Brendan Gleeson - John C. McCloy
[28 Days Later, Cold Mountain, Gangs of New York, Lake Placid, Troy, The Village]
Anthony Hopkins - Mission Commander Swanbeck
[Amistad, Beowulf, The Bounty, Bram Stroker's Dracula, The Bunker, The Edge, The Elephant Man, Hannibal, The Lion in Winter, The Mask of Zorro, Nixon, The Silence of the Lambs, Titus]
William Mapother - Wallis
[The Grudge, Suspect Zero]
Thandie Newton - Nyah Nordoff-Hall
[The Chronicles of Riddick, Interview with the Vampire]
John Polson - Billy Baird
Dominic Purcell - Ulrich
[Blade: Trinity, Equilibrium]
Ving Rhames - Luther Stickell
[Con Air, Dawn of the Dead (2004), Day of the Dead (2008), Mission Impossible I/III, Pulp Fiction]
Richard Roxburgh - Hugh Stamp
[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Moulin Rouge!, Stealth]
Dougray Scott - Sean Ambrose
[Dark Water, Deep Impact, Ripley's Game]
Rade Serbedzija - Dr. Nekhorvich
[Quicksand, The Quiet American, The Saint, Snatch, Space Cowboys, Stigmata]
Mathew Wilkinson - Michael
[Storm Warning]

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