Mission: Impossible 2
May 24, 2000 in theaters
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
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QUOTE
"Every search for a hero must begin with something that every hero requires -- a villain."
DID YOU KNOW?
Tom Cruise did the motorcycle jump himself -- the bikes were traveling at over 50 mph.
THE VERDICT
Synthesized from published reviews
John Woo's imprint on the franchise is unmistakable and divisive. M:I-2 trades the original's cerebral tension for operatic slow-motion action and a romance-heavy structure that feels grafted from a different genre entirely. Cruise commits fully, and the action sequences are technically accomplished on their own terms. But the gap between what the first film established and what this one delivers is wide enough that it functions as a stylistic detour more than a progression.