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.
Cast of Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II Ratings & Reviews
- Kevin Ward7d agoPart 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- keithy077July 5, 2025Fight choreographer: what moves would you like? TC: Yes
- Edward SchofieldJune 17, 2025John BOO!
- 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.
- 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!
- aBudGxJune 5, 2025This second movie should be removed from the series or renamed. It's an outrage to the Mission Impossible philosophy and concept. Kudo to Tom Cruise for turning the franchise around and away from such foolishness.
- Ganman2kJune 1, 2025Cheesy 2000s action movie. Pretty good!
- 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.
- AbbaMay 31, 2025Probably the biggest diversion from the MI series. Really cliche action movie tropes, but it’s decent
- 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!
- Spaceman JoeMay 28, 2025It’s… alright. Really cool moments, really stupid moments, but mostly just…. Eh. By far the worst Mission Impossible, but that’s just because the other ones are so amazing. This sticks out like a sore thumb.
- James TangMay 16, 2025This movie tries very hard to be a 90s era Bond flick, including femme fatale, flashy shoot outs, motorcycle chases, etc. I'm generally a sucker for John Woo's output, including some of his more questionable American works, but it feels like this one was killed in the edit. There are still some beautiful set pieces, but ultimately, I consider this to be a failed experiment and the black sheep of the MI series. Still, worth it to hear Sir Anthony Hopkins utter the line "Well, this is not mission difficult Mr. Hunt. It's mission *impossible*.
