Mission: Impossible II

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Mission: Impossible II

PG-13

2000

2h 3m

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Tom Cruise returns to his role as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of "Mission: Impossible." This time Ethan Hunt leads his IMF team on a mission to capture a deadly German virus before it is released by terrorists. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. He must also contest with a gang of international terrorists headed by a turned bad former IMF agent who has already managed to steal the cure.

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Critics Consensus

Your cranium may crave more substance, but your eyes will feast on the amazing action sequences.

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David Edelstein

Slate

05/08/2025

So is the movie a tacky hoot? Yes, but until the godawful last half-hour it's a surprisingly fun tacky hoot.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

05/08/2025

There's no grounding in physical reality, let alone in human emotion.

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Joe Holleman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

05/08/2025

2.5/4

Woo and company pull this movie out of the dirt, however, with a rocking last half hour.

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Neil Smith

Radio Times

Aug 18

4/5

Director John Woo here creates a sequel that's as different from the first movie as it is superior to it, replacing the tired spy shenanigans of the original TV series with the slick, slow-motion mayhem that has become his trademark.

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Don Shanahan

Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast

06/21/2025

The unbridled wildness of it all remains an absolute jolt worth celebrating.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

05/17/2025

Director John Woo understood the assignment leaning on Tom Cruise’s cool factor, Thandiwe Newton’s serene beauty and subtle acting style and Dougray Scott’s fearsomeness.

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Renaldo D

@RT30888824 Aug 14

A weak movie with awkward choreography and terrible character development.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Jul 13

Previously proceeded more intelligently on grounded level as this focused more on style including the outstanding action, a gravitational step-forward on those buoyant, performatively reflected terms for the franchise which costed its unbalanced screenplay to be comparably mundane and more questionable. Fortunately, the forthcoming path transitionally executed each entry more balanced on entertaining ascension. (B+)

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Andre T.

@andrestuckmannmoviereviews May 24

There is no interest with this characterization that was given in Mission Impossible 2 because this movie is one of the most disappointing sequels I ever seen in my life and I really don’t like this movie at all because the plot is weak, Ethan’s motivation barely is explored, Naia is a terrible character with no plot holes and this is by far the worst Mission Impossible movie of all time. D-

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Adelay C.

@27adeco May 19

This is a case of so bad it’s good, and I still enjoy this movie thoroughly. You can’t beat the insane stunts and action sequences.

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Aidan M

@RT80245736 May 14

This Movie is just not worth watching, at least the more recent ones are a better Improvement

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Ben W

@Username618 Apr 26

He's just always on his bike or something, isn't he.

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Synopsis

Tom Cruise returns to his role as Ethan Hunt in the second installment of "Mission: Impossible." This time Ethan Hunt leads his IMF team on a mission to capture a deadly German virus before it is released by terrorists. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. He must also contest with a gang of international terrorists headed by a turned bad former IMF agent who has already managed to steal the cure.

Director: John Woo
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Screenwriter: Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, Robert Towne
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Cruise-Wagner Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 24, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $215.4M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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