Mission: Impossible II (2000)

A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera"

Director:

John Woo

Writers:

Bruce Geller, Ronald D. Moore (story),

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton

10 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Ethan Hunt
Dougray Scott	...	Sean Ambrose
Thandie Newton	...	Nyah Nordoff-Hall
Ving Rhames	...	Luther Stickell
Richard Roxburgh	...	Hugh Stamp
John Polson	...	Billy Baird
Brendan Gleeson	...	John C. McCloy
Rade Serbedzija	...	Dr. Nekhorvich (as Radé Sherbedgia)
William Mapother	...	Wallis
Dominic Purcell	...	Ulrich
Mathew Wilkinson	...	Michael (as Matthew Wilkinson)
Nicholas Bell	...	Accountant
Cristina Brogeras	...	Flamenco Dancer
Kee Chan	...	Chemist
Kim Fleming	...	Larrabee

Storyline

IMF agent Ethan Hunt has been sent on a mission to retrieve and destroy the supply of a genetically created disease called 'Chimera'. 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 called 'Bellerophon' and now need 'Chimera' to complete their grand plan of infecting the whole world. In order to infiltrate and locate the terrorist group he relies on the help of an international thief Nyah of whom he quickly develops a love interest. Time is not only running out for Agent Hunt to find and destroy 'Chimera' before the terrorists get their hands on it, but he must also find 'Bellerophon' so as to save his love interest who has already become infected by the disease from a terrible and rapid death.

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Plot Keywords:

mission | terrorist | virus | scientist | thief | 

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Taglines:

Expect the impossible again

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action and some sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

film.ru (Russian) Paramount Pictures

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

M:I-2

Filming Locations:

Argyle Place, The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$125,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£4,621,948 (UK) (7 July 2000)

Gross:

ESP 2,173,814,826 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) MI2 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Woo:  [slow motion] 

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Goofs

From his RT skills, it would have been noticeable very early on to the 747 crew that Sean was an impostor. At cruise, altitude should be reported as Flight Level not height in feet i.e descending to FL160 rather than altitude "one six thousand". He should also not have autonomously made an altitude change without either formally declaring an emergency or requesting descent clearance.

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Quotes

Ethan Hunt: We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has.

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Connections

Referenced in Team America: World Police (2004)

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Soundtracks

"IKO-IKO"
by Joe Jones, Marilyn Jones, Sharon Jones, Jessie Thomas,
Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins & Joan Marie Johnson

User Reviews

Not nearly as bad as a lot of people say it is

Anyone who watches movies like this and expects fully realistic stunts and a bulletproof plot is a quite frankly an idiot. If you want to give this movie 1 star , where the hell does Arnie's "Commando" come on the ratings of "laws of realism do not apply" films and as for any of the Bond films when it comes to a realistic plot... well. Personally, this film is an exciting action movie with plenty of visually awesome stunts, quality soundtrack and a couple of nice surprises. Where this film does loose points with me though, is the cheesy slow mo scenes and lines. It really does badly interrupt an otherwise great action movie, which you should see.

8/10