Review of Mission: Impossible II (2000) by Nikolayg — 19 Jul 2018
Far and away the WORST of all the Mission Impossible movies. The jokey opening scenes which go on for a good half hour fall flat. The whole opening act is just off and utterly lacks suspense because they try to turn the movie into a comedy romance which is NOT why I watch Mission Impossible movies.
The action especially in the first portion is overdone and tedious. Fans of John Woo (the director of this one) are rabid cult members who will call anything he makes the "best" so disregard those reviews.
The movie does pick up in the latter half and isn't bad, not great but not bad, and Thandie Newton is a very sexy co-star at her most beautiful in this movie. But overall this movie is too long and the opening half hour is bad.
Mission Impossible III, IV, and V are all great. V is a little old-school, feels a bit like an old movie, which I loved but some may not. Mission Impossible I is good but not great. And the word is that Mission Impossible VI is the best of all.
But Mission Impossible II is at the bottom of the list. Skip it and come back to it after you see them all, if you're still dying for more.
This review of Mission: Impossible II (2000) was written by Nikolayg on 19 July 2018.
Mission: Impossible II has generally received mixed reviews.
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