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.
Mission: Impossible II Ratings & Reviews
- ColeApril 17, 2025Perhaps I treated you too harshly. Dramatic aura farm with hype moments and John Woo sauce. Best Tom has looked, can’t lie. I promise you we do not care for Nyah, though.
- Samy3232October 29, 2025Very good, no complaints hahaha 💪
- Andy LeeMay 23, 2025It’s kinda boring to be honest but I laughed really hard a few times at how over-the-top it was, so not a total loss.
- Marcellus SuberSeptember 30, 2025In truth, it's the worst of the series. This is not to say it's a bad movie. It just chooses style over substance, attempting to make Tom into a superhero of sorts. Glad they rebounded with III.
- HakihikoSeptember 24, 2025Stylish but Overindulgent "Mission: Impossible II" takes the franchise in a flashier, more exaggerated direction, leaning heavily on John Woo's stylistic trademarks-slow motion, dramatic standoffs, and plenty of explosions. While the action is undeniably entertaining at times, the movie often feels more like a glossy action showcase than a tightly crafted spy thriller. Tom Cruise commits fully, delivering the stunts and charisma you'd expect, but the story itself is thin and predictable, with a villain who never feels particularly threatening. The romance subplot, while given lots of screen time, comes across as forced and takes away from the momentum of the action. Visually, the movie is slick, and a few sequences are memorable for their scale and style, but overall it lacks the cleverness and sharpness that define the stronger entries in the series. Overall, a decent action flick with some fun moments, but too over-the-top and shallow to stand out in the Mission: Impossible saga.
- Austin BurkeMay 19, 2025The second entry in this iconic franchise is often considered the worst of the bunch, and for good reason, but it is not without its small victories. The biggest struggle here is finding the right balance between complex and convoluted, which is a victory we see from almost all of the sequels that follow. The editing is reminiscent of Woo’s other films, but it is such a drastic difference from the first film. The subtitles of Hunt’s first mission are absent, and the overly stylized action sequences become the focal point. Hunt gets some fantastic moments here, and his character is improved from the first, but the entirety of the plot surrounding him is far less interesting. There isn’t anything overly memorable about this script or the villainous entity, and some of these scenes are just so far over-the-top. Regardless, even the worst of this franchise can provide some fun moments, and Woo remains a fun action-centric director to watch.
- nicpedersonAugust 8, 2025more exciting than the first, but a bit on the cheesy side.. i think there were at least 3 unnecessary flip kicks.. still fun, but not epic at all
- Lincoln and Blake FrankSeptember 17, 2025Wow! Too much romance the whole show "looking into each other's eyes" 🙄
- James SaenzMay 6, 2025“this punk put a hole in my versace!” i was fucking ECSTATIC when i saw brendan gleeson on screen. then found out that his role was so small and that made me sad. HOWEVER, we get doves surrounding ethan hunt as if they’re his familiars, harbingers of ass kicking. john woo’s style is so electric, melodramatic storytelling oozing with charisma. from the slow motion to the frenetic editing to the transitions from the rock and roll arrangement of the mission: impossible theme to choral scores, it’s all so over the top and charming. and the actual action?? exhilarating. sweeping camera shots and hints of wire fu abound here. tom cruise is an absolute animal for the stunt work he does himself, from the free solo climb in the opening to the insane motorcycle stunts in the finale. i truly can’t fathom how he keeps managing to one up himself in this series and am so excited for what’s to come. a lot of the paranoia and tension typical of traditional spy thrillers found in the original are lost here in favor of elements found in more standard blockbuster action films, but that comes with its own appeal. one style of camp traded for another. i will say that i much prefer the narrative of the original, and the first half of this movie doesn’t engross me once we move on from the foreplay between ethan and nyah. once we’re at the biocyte break-in john woo’s able to lock in and he doesn’t take his foot off the gas until the end credits, and i love how the final shot is reminiscent of seurat’s a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte. woo rocks. dudes rock. what i love about franchises where each film is directed by a different individual is it really feels like a microcosm of artistic conversation. art is political in the sense that it’s constantly a result of one person’s response to their environment or upbringing or another artists’ work, and so seeing directors in direct dialogue with each other within the framework of a series makes the developments of each entry feel more personal and provides more depth for the experience. you can still feel how they’re trying to suss out the tone and atmosphere of the series here, like they’re still unsure of who ethan hunt is as a character and it feels very experimental in comparison to the first film and i just find that so intriguing. i know once we get to mcquarrie he becomes the permanent director for the series, so i’m really just trying to absorb and appreciate the time we have with each director’s vision beforehand, and by god does john woo have the juice.
- DaveSeptember 3, 2025I used to love this movie but have come to a place where upon rewatching recognize that it didn't age as well as I would have liked. Still good, still loaded with action but lacking any sort of realistic execution of the action kind of made it harder to watch for me now.
- Kevin WardJuly 7, 2025Part 2 of our M:I watch thru. There's not much here that's quite as iconic as the first one aside from John Woo's trademark action and slow motion doves, but still a really fun rewatch. So much of the is over-the-top that it had us laughing during many scenes. Still, Cruise is performing in earnest and it's mission:impossible not to enjoy Thandiwe Newton on screen. The family unanimously agreed 1 is better than 2, though.
- Jonathon PackMarch 16, 2025Listen, if it wasn’t for the negativity around M:I-2, we wouldn’t get the great Mission: Impossible III 6 years later. This movie gives us so many things to be thankful for. Add to it John Woo allowing Tom to do all his own crazy stunts leading to decades of Tom being the greatest action movie star of our generation, and maybe, of all-time!
- ZokkiieAugust 20, 2025As an action movie, it’s… fine. There are some stylish shootouts, slow-motion stunts, and plenty of John Woo flair. But as a Mission: Impossible film, it really misses the mark. The plot is thin, the villain is forgettable, and the clever spy-game tension of the first movie gets swapped out for over-the-top melodrama. Fun in spots, but not what you want from Ethan Hunt and company.
- tellumAugust 17, 2025Hard to have a movie be more cheesy and overly dramatic than this, but M:I is not a franchise where you should be searching for cinematic art or even plausible scenarios. This movie has more influence on what the modern franchise is than the first, and while newer movies are executed way better, this is a product of it’s time and I still enjoy it through that lens.
- RTKDOOMJune 15, 2025Genuinely one of the biggest slogs of a film i’ve ever watched. I’m tryna see some John Woo action and this film is like on god the most boring “action” movie i’ve sat through. Release the Woo cut cause this shit is genuinely insufferable. Anyone that says this was good is a donkey!
