Review of Mission: Impossible II (2000) by Ibrahim M — 24 Jan 2016
Not a bad movie if you are just looking for great action but mentally it's hard for me to accept this movie as a sequel to the original because it feels too atheistically and tonally different. Heck, it feels that way even compared to the movies that came afterwards.
Where the original DePalma classic aimed for a classy Hitchockian presentation, MI 2 (Helmed this time around by action movie legend John Woo) is more in keeping with over-the-top James Bond films of the 90's.
..except more EXTREME!!! (Needless to say, this entry has not aged quite as well as it's predecessor) Okay, I won't mince words, the story is ultra-silly and over-the-top. That's to be expected from John Woo, who is the King of over-the-top, except here it goes too far at times, especially in the film's draggy third act complete with a drawn-out motorbike chase and Street Fighter-esque acrobatic fights.
Decent viewing if you are just looking for great action, but otherwise this is arguably the most skippable entry in the MI franchise.
This review of Mission: Impossible II (2000) was written by Ibrahim M on 24 Jan 2016.
Mission: Impossible II has generally received mixed reviews.
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