| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Chad Polenz |
| Mission: Impossible 2
Tom Cruise is back as super secret agent Ethan Hunt who must save the world -
not from nuclear war or terrorists - but from a lethal man-made virus. An
original idea to be sure, but the execution of the story is not. Instead of...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Ron Small |
| For about twenty minutes into MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 director John Woo (THE
KILLER, HARD BOILED, FACE OFF) appears to have made an exciting, elegant,
charming spy thriller, kind of a post millennium James Bond adventure with a
strapping American (read:...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| What a way to kick off the summer of 2000! If you're a Hard Boiled Movie
Guide reader, it'll be no surprise to you that I enjoyed Mission:
Impossible 2 because of my heavy bias towards movies made by John Woo. So,
to get this out of the way early:...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
| Rated on a 4-star scale
Screening venue: Warner Village (Birkenhead)
Released in the UK by UIP on July 7, 2000; certificate 15; 124 minutes;
country of origin USA; aspect ratio 2.35:1 more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: What might have been a decent
James Bond film plot (with a little patching)
just shows that the writers do not understand or
want to ignore what a "Mission: Impossible"
script is. See Tom...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Shay Casey |
| Year: 2000. Starring Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving
Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Serbedzija,
Anthony Hopkins. Written by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga (story) and
Robert Towne (screenplay). Directed...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Christian Pyle |
| Mission: Impossible 2
Reviewed by Christian Pyle
Directed by John Woo
Written by Robert Towne
Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, and Ving Rhames
Grade: A- more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| I have no personal agenda against action movies in general. If they are
entertaining, even in a remotely campy manner, then I will not complain. God
only knows that we should not expect much more in this digital, impersonal
age. So "Mission:...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| rated PG-13
123 minutes
Paramount Pictures
starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, and Ving Rhames
written by Robert Towne
directed by John Woo more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| I can't for the life of me remember how many times magazinefuls of
bullets are unloaded at our spry hero Ethan Hunt, yet he simply ducks,
dodges, grins, and returns fire as if there were no tomorrow. more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2
(Paramount)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard
Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Sherbedgia.
Screenplay: Robert Towne, from a story by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon
Braga.
Producers:...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 (director: John Woo; screenwriter: Robert Town
based on a story by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga and the television
series created by Bruce Geller; cinematographer: Jeffrey L. Kimball;
editor: Christian Wagner/Steven Kemper;...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Chuck Schwartz |
| Mission: Impossible 2
Rated [PG-13], 125 minutes
Starring Tom Cruise
Screenplay by Robert Towne
Story by Ronald D. Moore &Brannon Braga
based on the TV series created by Bruce Geller
Directed by John Woo
website: www.missionimpossible.com more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan |
| Directed by John Woo. Screenplay by Robert Towne, from a story by Brannon
Braga and Robert D Moore, based on the television series by Bruce Geller.
Starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton. Running time: 125
minutes. Rated PG for mild language...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by James Sanford |
| Even though it grossed about $400 million worldwide, has anyone
really been waiting anxiously for four years for a sequel to "Mission:
Impossible"? How many people do you know who really loved (much less
understood) that slick, cold and mostly...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Lars Lindahl |
| In 1996, Mission: Impossible confused the heck out of
me. A movie way too complex for its own good, only the
heart-poundingly superb action sequences by director
Brian De Palma made it worth watching and remembering.
When I heard that John Woo would...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by ram DOT samudrala AT stanford DOT edu |
| The most impossible mission is putting someone you love in
danger. This sort of cheese is all well and good, but it holds back
/Mission: Impossible 2/ from being the great action movie that it
could've been. more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: What might have been a decent
James Bond film plot (with a little patching)
just shows that the writers do not understand or
want to ignore what a "Mission: Impossible"
script is. See Tom...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Tom Cruise,
Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames and Anthony Hopkins. Story by
Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga. Screenplay by Robert Towne. Directed
by John Woo. more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by James Sanford |
| Even though it grossed about $400 million worldwide, has anyone really
been waiting anxiously for four years for a sequel to "Mission:
Impossible"? How many people do you know who really loved (much less
understood) that slick, cold and mostly...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Brevity, it seems, is but a side benefit of Paramount's insistence that
_Mission:_Impossible II_ (as the film is called in its main title
sequence) be referred to by its promotional title, _M:I-2_. The shorter
title is a better fit for the John...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Chuck Schwartz |
| Mission: Impossible 2
Rated [PG-13], 125 minutes
Starring Tom Cruise
Screenplay by Robert Towne
Story by Ronald D. Moore &Brannon Braga
based on the TV series created by Bruce Geller
Directed by John Woo
website: www.missionimpossible.com more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames, Richard
Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Sherbedgia, (uncredited)
Anthony Hopkins. Music by Hans Zimmer. Story by Ronald D. Moore and
Brannon Braga....more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| filmcritic.com presents TWO reviews from staff members James Brundage
and Max Messier.
You can find the reviews with full credits...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Brandon Herring |
| In 1996, the world got to see Tom Cruise, in the big screen adaptation of
"Mission: Impossible". Although the film was a huge hit (grossed 181m in the
USA and 465m worldwide) to me it was quite a disappointment. Sure it had
action, special effects, and...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Easily one of the most highly anticipated movies of the summer (for
audiences and yours truly alike), MI2 was filmed in Australia, features the
great-looking Tom Cruise with long hair, Thandie Newton looking extremely
sweet in her biggest role to date,...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| Remember MI-1? Tom Cruise hanging from the ceiling while performing all
sorts of spy operations? Yep, that's all I remember too. I wasn't crazy
about MI-1, and am feeling nearly the same about MI-2. Inversely, if you
liked the first, perhaps you'll enjoy...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| It is rare when the sequel, GODFATHER PART II being perhaps the most
popular example, is better that the original. Regardless of the hype
surrounding the change of directors in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2, with famed
action director John Woo (BROKEN ARROW and...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2" (Paramount Pictures)
PERSONAL NOTE: My son, Don Granger, is the Paramount Pictures exec who super=
vised this film so if this review sounds a bit biased - so be it.
As a fan of the original...more |
| Mission: Impossible 2 Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Paramount Pictures
Director: John Woo
Writer: Robert Towne, Story by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon
Braga
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving
Rhames, William R. Mapother, Brendan Gleeson, Anthony
Hopkins, John...more |
