Mission: Impossible II

Well, this was a pretty poor excuse for a movie. I liked the first and third but the second was awful. You would know John Woo was involved by the inclusion of doves flying through the under ground lair shortly after... Full review

In writing a story to fit the action in "Mission: Impossible 2", Screenwriter Robert Towne brought nuance, complexity and irony to the human interaction and to the characters… So greed is the animating force… Being an amazing filmmaker, John Woo wanted... Full review

The first 60 percent of this movie was pretty good; the last 40 percent was mostly action and mostly so hokey, so stupid, it was an insult for any viewer with a brain. Too bad, the first Mission Impossible was... Full review

Wow. I've seen lots of bad movies and lots of bad sequels, but this one was just incredibly bad. I didn't even know it was possible to sink that low. And it wasn't even bad in a funny way, but... Full review

Mission: Impossible was a fast paced espionage thriller that actually made you think, which is what I like in a movie. Since John Woo, who is one of the kings of the action genre, took over for Brian De Palma,... Full review

I really liked 1996's 'Mission: Impossible'. Now here is the antithesis of the first movie: 'Mission: Impossible II'. The first film was a tight, smooth thriller that barreled along at warp speed, and was a nice break from conventional Hollywood... Full review

Very rarely do so many people say so much praise to so terrible a movie like this one. It was so painful to sit through the movie simply because I don't understand it at all!! I was bored to tears... Full review

SPOILERS Way back in the 1960s a wonderful television series was released called "Mission Impossible". With a legendary theme tune and some great stories, the series was followed by an equally superb film in 1996. Entertaining and well shot, it... Full review

I thoroughly enjoyed the first Mission Impossible. It was probably the only film that puts you into the mind of a secret agent as he tries to uncover a conspiracy that wiped out his cohorts. It had excellent twists, who... Full review

The Cruise-man goes to Octane Cool! See him show off his 'martial arts abilities'! See him perform the most wicked stunts ever done by amateur stunt men! See the Cruise-Control Motorcycle Road Runner's Chase! See the Cool Cruise-man win High... Full review

With a different title, Chow Yun-Fat in the lead, and Cantonese-language dialogue, this would probably seem a better movie. If you were to strip away the franchise name and change the characters around a little bit, I honestly think the production would be more highly regarded as one of Woo's better American films, but in terms of being a Mission: Impossible movie, bluntly speaking it stinks. ... Full Review

Where the first movie was an spy-thriller that had some nice stunts and action scenes, "Mission: Impossible: II" is an action film that dabbles in espionage. There is a greater amount of convenience in the film and an ability to fully suspend disbelief is a pre-requisite to fully enjoy the storyline. ... Full Review

Where the first movie was an spy-thriller that had some nice stunts and action scenes, "Mission: Impossible: II" is an action film that dabbles in espionage. Regardless of how many action filled couch jumping stunts the actor has performed ... Full Review

With the exception of an exciting, climactic motorcycle chase, all the action in the film feels flat, particularly the would-be martial arts fights which borrow as much from Captain Kirk as they do from "The Matrix". Even Ving Rhames is criminally wasted reprising the role of ultra-cool computer nerd Luther. ... Full Review

M:I2 forgets something essential to the good action moviestrong characters in believable relationships we can care about. It's a pity, really, since producer-hyphen-star Tom Cruise secured the finest action-film director in the world and gave himself an impressive supporting cast of international talent. ... Full Review

There's a gag in the Simpsons episode 'Half-Decent Proposal' where director John Woo gets ridiculed by, of all people, dimwitted Homer. When a former high school flame of Marge's plays Robert Redford and makes an 'indecent proposal', Homer is prepared... ... Full Article

"Mission Rather Easy: Take the fabulous Mission Impossible Theme, a big budget and an array of acclaimed international talent and put together a bloody brilliant soundtrack. Somehow they failed. My expectations were so high about this soundtrack that I overlooked ... Full Article

Big Brother notched up its second Thursday night ratings win in a row last night, according to early figures. The latest update drew a solid 3.11m (14.8%) for Channel 4 in the 9pm hour, putting the channel ahead of all... ... Full Article

Studio/Run Time: Warner Brothers, 109 mins. 10,000 B.C. takes place a long time ago in a galaxy that I think is supposed to be very, very near . ... Full Article

Mission Impossible is an action packed thriller that stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hawk, a spy for the government. Anthony Hopkins also stars in the movie as Tom Cruise's boss. ... Full Article

Tom's most formidable nemesis yet! "It was fun," Philip tells ET about playing the villain. "It's freeing; there's nothing binding ... you're free to basically do what you need to do to scare the hell out of the [audience]. ... Full Article