SERIES: IMPOSSIBLE - Mission: Impossible II (2000)

We can’t even with this movie…

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CONTENT WARNING: Violence, espionage, gaslighting, abuse, sexual assault.

Well, it usually takes a while to get to the worst movie in a series, but with Mission: Impossible, they got it out of the way quickly. We’re not exactly versed in the cinema of John Woo, but if this is your introduction, it’s pretty damning. It’s not so much that Woo made a lackluster movie, there’s plenty going on, but the film has plot holes the size of the canyon Tom Cruise is climbing over at the beginning of the movie, and the characters are flat as a piece of paper. There are some big name actors in this film, and they all are giving the most phoned-in performances we’ve seen in some time, including Cruise. Still, it did its job and made a ton of money. Just - let’s hope we don’t hit this low point again. Series: Impossible continues with 2000’s Mission: Impossible 2 this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Take a Look Around (Theme from M:I-2,” written by Fred Durst and Lalo Schifrin, and performed by Limp Bizkit. Copyright 2000 Flip Records and Interscope Records.

Excerpts taken from the film Mission: Impossible II are ©2000 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpt taken from “I Disappear” written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and performed by Metallica. Copyright 2000 Paramount Pictures.