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Your mission if you choose to accept it...
Mission Impossible 2 (MI2) succeeds best in presenting the overall concept of the proposed Mission Impossible series. Producer and star Tom Cruise states each film should have its own identity, directed in a unique manner. After Brian DePalma's extremely complicated plot and ambitious nod to Hitchcock filmmaking, this time we get John Woo's simplified nod to James Bond with an emphasis on the art of violence. Even Cruise's role as Hunt has magically transformed from a serious taskmaster to a smiling and suave secret agent who is confidently one-step ahead.

Ethan chases the villains who are holding a deadly virus named "Chimera" and its antidote. Their evil plan is to infect everyone and then sell the antidote for top dollar. Throughout, we have a lot of mistaken identity, often influenced by mask swapping similar to themes in another John Woo film, FACE-OFF. Story line aside, the whole thing is actually an excuse for big action scenes. And this film has plenty. From Hunt's phenomenal cliff climbing opening (impressive work by Tom Cruise), to a romance building car accident. Woo creates his action the same way as a young child in a sandbox. Gravity and physics are optional, only the "wow" factor matters. And this film thrives on that wow.

This film is a bit of a departure from the prior film, which had Hunt working intimately with several other agents who may or may not be trustworthy. This time, he operates mostly alone giving the film a 007 flavor. And what Bond film doesn't have a gorgeous Bond-Babe. Thandie Newton is the exotic thief who steals Ethan's heart.

This is a wonderful DVD, loaded and with a stellar audio/video transfer. It is in itself a film workshop, even if the film does not totally deserve of it. The making of materials is extremely informative and revealing. There is a GREAT piece where Ben Stiller acts as Tom Cruise's stunt double. That alone is worth the price of admission... David Fincher is in discussion to bring Mission Impossible 3 to the screen.

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Slow Motion Movie
It seems like 95 percent of the movie is in slow motion. Every so-called action scene is slowed down to a crawl. When the action scenes are slower than the parts where people are just standing around talking, you know it's a bad movie. The behind the scenes action footage of M:I-2 was much better because it was at normal speed. If you hate slow motion, avoid this DVD.

Nothing remarkable about this
Save for some classy moments (probably the John Woo shots that Tom Cruise didn't butcher when he re-edited this) this movie is basically stinks to high Heaven. If Heaven would even accept such a movie.

Watch as characters rip their masks off one after the other, again and again! He's not Tom Cruise, he's the villain! He's not the villain he's Tom Cruise! He's not Tom Cruise he's Halle Barry! He's not...

Watch as a rocket launcher hits a car in the trunk, which of course sends it high up to the air, causing it to spin around in an arch, and then fly off a bridge!

Watch as Tom Cruise and the villain leap high in the air on their motorcycles, bash into each other mid-air, and then fall to the ground flat on their backs...then get up as if everything's OK!

Watch as a car crashes into a parked car, then unleashes a mushroom cloud explosion!

Watch as guys firing automatic weapons in a steady position can't hit Tom Cruise, while Tom Cruise can ride a motorcycle, turn around, fire one shot from a handgun, and kill a guy!

Watch as our heroine isn't the least affected by a disease even near death time, while other victims had been horribly scarred or deformed just before death!

Watch as people leave the movie one by one...

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