Mission: Impossible II

After quite entertainign Mission Impossible I the second installment turned out ... terrible. As if the screenwriters didn't know how to fill the 2 hrs with action the overuse of heroic slow motion scenes is horrible. You almost might need a barf bag if you can't stand slo-mo every five seconds... for 15 seconds. I am amazed they did decide to push on with more M:I movies after this one, then agai...

CinemaSerf

5/10

"Ambrose" (Dougray Scott) is a disavowed IMF agent with a grudge. He is determined to procure and release a deadly hybrid "chimera" virus onto the streets of Sydney so he can push up the share price of the company that wins his auction to acquire it; and that can also manufacture the antidote "Bellerophon". It falls to "Ethan" (Tom Cruise) and his inventive gang of regulars to come up with a way t...

This movie generally follows the formula of most spy and action movies, and certainly fits into the mission, impossible mold. I’m not much of a cinephile, and don’t normally notice a slight directorial selections, but the directing in this was terrible. Constant cut ways to waves or buildings or other things. This movie was not only anticlimactic with the final fight scene, which is poorly paste ...

GenerationofSwine

1/10

And here is where I gave up on the series. I liked the first one, it was 3 Days of the Condor with action, not as brilliant acting, not as talented a cast, but action packed fun. And then suddenly Tom has long hair and it's has no plot, there are a lot of pigeons all the time, the action looks corny and.... I checked out, I really did. Even the memory cards, they are spies that do action and ...