"Mr. Hunt, this isn't mission difficult, it's mission impossible. "Difficult" should be a walk in the park for you."

The best line in the entire franchise. The over the top action, excessive explosions, motorcycles races, Tom Cruise's karate skills, the overuse of mask and voice changers; it has it all. Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton have great chemistry together. Look it's not great and hasn't aged the best but hey, it's cheesy and fun and sometimes entertaining. Plus Tom Cruise's hair looks great.

A great big action film. If you like 80's Schwarzenegger or Die Hard you'll be into this. Big explosions, cheesy lines and yes, lots of hair-flicking against a fan. But the action is so well-staged I forgive it a lot.

After this the series turned soapy in part 3, then overly comedic with the introduction of Simon Pegg. It depends what you are into, but if you enjoy films like Con Air, Under Siege, The Rock and Air Force One, you should like this.

In for a penny in for a pound.

Easily the worst of the franchise, John Woo’s take on the spy thriller is so bad at times that I am genuinely surprised they made a third one six years later.

The plot is much simpler than the first film but the headaches come from elsewhere. Noise, fire, cars, explosions, guns, kung-fu… it’s relentless and eventually tedious.

The locations are weird too. What sort of international pharma company is based in Australia? These people have no regard for logistics! Their operational costs must be huge! Sack the board! I’m guessing there was some sort of regional fund up for grabs when they shot the film.

Get that yak off the top of Tom Cruise’s head and bring on the third film please.

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This was not such a bad film as others are making it out to be. Perhaps not as memorable with iconic scenes like the others, but it flows with explosive action and slow-mo scenes are used well here for a change. Tom Cruise shows off some amazing karate moves and we get to see more of what he can perform stunt wise. You’d be daft to miss this film.

Agree with all other reviewers that this is not the best MI film. For me the plots are predictable and Cruse comes across too "theatrical" for his character but that's my opinion as one who was never a Cruise fan to begin with anyway. Still, the movie does take you for a ride and there is some suspension of reality in watching it. Like others, I say if you want a mindless action flick this can be one...not the best one however. #ShiftvW8

Well... the movie is OK. But its prequel and sequel are better and I would recommend watching those (M:I 1 and M:I 3) instead of M:I 2.

Lots of stunts, lots of slowmotion and very little story. Good thing I already expected this; now I could enjoy this as a mindless action movie. Wouldn't recommend it however, there are way better action movies out there. Best part of the movie is the great soundtrack!

It's kind of amazing how much worse this has aged compared to the first one.

Why does _Mission: Impossible_ have to be so sexy? And so extra?

The cinematography is all over the place with hammy transitions and over-the-top zooms and pulls along with a ton of unnecessary slo-mo, and the dialogue can get pretty cheesy at times. I'm not saying these are bad things in general; these (and more of the absolutely crazy things we see in this movie) have their place, but that place is not in the _Mission: Impossible_ franchise.

It may work for Woo's gangster films, but it feels out of place in this time when _Mission: Impossible_ wanted people to take it more seriously. In fact, it was hard to watch this with a straight face at some points. The plot was hard to follow, and it gave up a plot-relevant climax for an extended action scene (it was a cool action scene, but the plot was basically sidelined in its favour).

I'm thankful that J.J. Abrams managed to save this series from dying and bring it to where it is now, because I don't think the franchise could have survived if they made each sequel an experimental film like this one.

Mission: Impossible (film series)
1 Mission: Impossible (1996) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-1996
2 Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-ii-2000
3 Mission: Impossible III (2006) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-iii-2006
4 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-2011
5 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-2015
6 Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-fallout-2018
7 Mission: Impossible 7 (2023) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-7-2023
8 Mission: Impossible 8 (2024) https://trakt.tv/movies/mission-impossible-8-2024

The first sequel to the Mission: Impossible film series turns up the heat on the action and romance, and chills the story line way down. The second Mission: Impossible felt like it has a lot missing and the weakest film in the whole series thus far. With its flaws, Mission: Impossible II still kept me entertained enough with the ramped up action scenes until the credits started to roll. Overall, it wasn't that bad; just wasn't great either.

"This transponder chip is completely untraceable. It transmits your location to a satellite, which can be read only by this computer. We can then track you within 3 feet, anywhere."

Doesn't anyone else think this is maybe a bit misleadingly phrased? A tracking device that is untraceable? :person_facepalming_tone2:♀

Every good about the first movie they dropped in this one.

The helicopter scene at the end of part 1 was awesome, so they decided to put 50min of ridiculous, stupid racing-shooting-kungfu action in the second that doesnt fit the franchise at all.

This is not a spy thriller (part 1 was a very good one), but a Michael Bay action flick for the drunk.

I'm not going to spend much time writing what I thought about "Mission: Impossible II. I've seen a lot of movies lately and I'm a completist driven to writing at least something about every movie I see. This movie is not worth spending a lot of time on.

I've not seen many other John Woo-directed films, but if "M:I II" is typical of his output, count me out. The action is way over-the-top and these scenes go on forever. Ethan Hunt is basically a superhero here and this is all about the star power of Tom Cruise. The villain is entirely forgettable and the action scenes are not exciting. I don't remember anything about the plot, which means it was weak, too.

This is one of the most disappointing sequels I can ever recall seeing.

DOUBLE THUMBS-DOWN
AND THAT'S BEING GENEROUS

HAD TO KEEP SPLASHING
WATER ON MY FACE EVERY
HALF HOUR JUST TO KEEP
MYSELF AWAKE I WAS
THAT BOARD. THIS PEACE OF
TRASH IS FOR TO LONG ,
NO WAY IT SHOULD BE
2H 14M NEVER HAD TO GRIND SO MUCH TO GET TO THE END OF A MOVIE, FELT MORE LIKE
A 5H MOVIE IF I'M HONEST
COMPLETE SNOOZE FEST

A great watch,Tom Cruise is great as Ethan Hunt was the best choice,I gave this a 10 because of the great backdrop of Australia as U don't get to see it much in big budget movies....