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Mission Impossible 2 | Description: Tom Cruise and John Woo, two of the most compelling figures in the world of film, have teamed up for this sequel: a romantic action thriller that plunges special agent Ethan Hunt into an international crisis of terrifying magnitude. With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief (Thandie Newton) on his mind, Hunt races across Australia and Spain on what seems like an impossible mission to stop a villain before he can fulfill his own destructive mission. Year: 2000 Classification: Action Directed: - John Woo Actors/Actresses: - Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt - Dougray Scott as Sean Ambrose - Thandie Newton as Nyah Nordoff-Hall - Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell - Anthony Hopkins "This DVD Self Destructs After One Viewing!" Tom Cruise gives the impression these days that his mere appearance on a movie screen is enough to send shivers of delight through thousands of theatergoers (he may be right; Cruise has NEVER had a box office dud). MI-2 lacks many of the elements that made the first film a lot of fun. "Mission 1" had a convuluted plot that no one could follow, which almost added to the enjoyment; the plot for the second film is so thin it would barely fill an hour of the TV series; in fact it's hard to believe the screenwriter who gave us "Chinatown" was really responsible (though Robert Towne admits he came on the project AFTER the action scnes had been planned and written). For MI-2, Cruise and his co-producer, Paula Wagner, enlist the talents of Hong Kong director, John Woo, who stages his action scenes with a balletic style, but Woo has no flair for non-action scenes, so the first hour of "MI-2" is paced slower than a Merchant Ivory romance. Although, Cruise and the incredible gorgeous Thandie Newton, make a couple that could grace the cover of any issue of GQ, they ignite no sparks on the screen, and as a villian, the talented Dougray Scott can do no more with his role than pretend to look menacing. Cruise was smart to get involved with the "Mission" franchise, it gives him the financial clout to take on riskier projects such as "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Vanilla Sky," but with MI-2, he's produced an action film for people who hate action films. DVD package is exceptional...picture and sound quality are excellent and many bonus features include two documentaries; behind the scenes look at many of the action sequences; and the hilarious MTV "Mission Improbable" satire featuring Ben Stiller as Tom CROOZE.. Mission Failure Despite a few problems, I still liked the first Mission Impossible movie very much. It's too bad the sequel didn't hold my interest as much as the first film did. IMF operative Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise--sporting longer hair) is called away from his vacation by his new boss Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins in essentially a glorified cameo) to find a renegade agent. Once the mission begins, Hunt finds himself attracted to former agent Sean Ambrose's (Dougray Scott) girlfriend, Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton). These feelings complicate things as Ambrose holds the world hostage, threatening to release a deadly chemical weapon, if demands are not met. Hunt can also count on help from his pal Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) when things get tough. Director John Woo takes over for Brian De Palma, and with MI2, moves even further away from the concept of the television series. Hunt acts more like James Bond here than he did in first film. The only real difference is Hunt's long hair. Cruise may have the screen clout, but quite frankly is out of his element thanks to a weaker script. If you throw in Woo's trademark and tiresome overuse of doves and slow motion--it's practically a lost cause. As if that were not enough, Scott makes a very poor villian, ala` Aaron Eckheart in another Woo film, the equally poor Paycheck. The only bright spot for me was Newton...wow! The extras on the DVD, may be more plentifull here, as opposed to those found on the Mission Impossible disc, but that doesn't mean that they are all worth your time. The audio commentary with Woo is OK but can get a bit tedious. The 15-minute "Behind The Mission" features "canned" cast and crew interviews. I did enjoy the Five-minute "Mission Incredible" stunts featurette. You also get to see the group Metallica's music video for the soundtrack song "I Disappear", a rather cool alternate title sequence that would have worked out better and the disc highligt, a very funny MTV Movie Awards show parody, "Mission Improbable" with Cruise, actor Ben Stiller and Woo. There's also a generous amount of DVD ROM material What a disappointment... Roxburgh too good for this film - he deserves better! I would have given this movie more stars if Tom Cruise wasn't present in it, and Richard Roxburgh would have done a one man show. The scenes with Roxburgh, and only the scenes with Roxburgh was what kept me alive during the film. Although when that stupid Tom Cruise killed Roxburgh's character the movie ended right there. The scene was when he switched their faces, and I thought Roxburgh's character had beaten the crap out of Cruise's character and they killed him and I was feeling quite happy for the moment, until, they pulled the face off of Cruise and it was Roxburgh instead. I was DREADFULLY upset. And then it showed Roxburgh running, but it was really Cruise since he hadn't pulled off his face yet. He should've left Roxburghs face on (at least he would've looked better), and then he ripped his face off and it was Tom Cruise, thus the movie ends. 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