Mission: Impossible II (2000)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

John Woo

Writers (WGA):

Bruce Geller (creator television series Mission: Impossible)
Ronald D. Moore (story) ...

Release Date:

24 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Expect the impossible again

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Mission | Scientist | Thief | Virus | Love Interest

Awards:

9 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

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
Nicholas Bell	...	Accountant
Cristina Brogers	...	Flamenco Dancer
Kee Chan	...	Chemist
Kim Fleming	...	Larrabee

Also Known As:

M:I-2 (USA) (DVD box title (promotional abbreviation))
Mission: Impossible 2 (USA) (alternative spelling)
Mission: Impossible II (Germany)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36722) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Brazil:14 | Malaysia:18SG | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Chile:TE | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 (VHS/DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

John Woo's final cut of the film clocked in at 3-1/2 hours. The studio balked at this length and told him that the final length could not exceed 120 min. This could explain why there are so many plot holes and continuity errors in the theatrical cut.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the bike chase scene during the end of the movie. Both bikes have street tires during the street chase but when they hit the dirt the tread is thicker and deeper, essentially dirt tires.

Quotes:

Nyah Nordolf-Hall: You're not gonna shoot me Sean, not this BITCH, cuz she's worth thirty seven, million pounds.

Movie Connections:

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

Soundtrack:

VIVA LA VIRGIN DEL CARMEN

If only those from the end pigeons would have pecked out my eyes!

No matter how you feel about Jim Carry you should thank him for making the Grinch, because up until that came out M:I2 had been the highest grossing movie of 2000. Which would have been quite awful way to begin the new millennium. Or end the last one, depending on how annoying you are about that issue. Do not see this movie even if Tom Cruise rings your doorbell and threatens to wave his long hair in slow motion as he did so often in film if you don't view it. It has absolutely no redeeming qualities about it at all. The tape inside the film's video cassette is to thick to use as dental floss, To long to work as a belt. Also This movie is not only awful, it is a total knock off of Notorious by the incredible director Alfred Hitchcock. The following parts of Notorious were completely stolen and screwed up by Tom: Cary Grant and Ingrid meeting at the race track and her boy friend becoming suspicious of them. Cary seducing Bergman and then using her in his spy work. Ingrid having to go under cover and marry the bad guy, who is in love with her. Tom, if your going to make a movie that sucks, please don't try and tarnish a perfectly good Hitchcock in the process.