With a heavy-handed dialogue that includes a lot of repeated lines, excessive use of slow motion technique, awkward romantic scenes, cringe-worthy melodramatic moments, tons of clichés, sequences that exist for nothing but manipulating, familiar plot, clumsy resolution, and nonsensical decisions. John Woo's MI II is more like a cheesy 007 movie that hasn't aged well. Even the "impossible mission" here lacks the tension the original has. Adding insult to injury, it is followed by a long boring scene that I almost fell asleep during it.On the bright side, the last 20 minutes of the movie feature some of the best over-the-top action sequences I've seen in the this century. I'm not kidding, the action set pieces are staggering that I was about to forget how silly this movie is! Also, the opening scenes that came before opening titles were kinda promising, and showed some cool technological equipments and devices. It goes without saying that Tom Cruise is charming as ever specially with this Magnolia long hair.(5/10)

Lets face it this movie exists to stroke tom cruises ego but you'll watch it anyway

'Mission: Impossible II (2000)' is not so much a different flavour as an entirely different meal, a cheesy Hong-Kong action movie that makes people who thought the first was too action-heavy for the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise (as it then was) seem downright foolish by comparison. It's so overwrought, so melodramatic and so sincerely self-serious that I think it'd be difficult to actually take seriously even if it had been executed successfully. As it is, the bafflingly-styled and incredibly disappointing picture often feels as though it thinks it's gut-wrenching, Shakespearean high-drama when really it's essentially just shlock. However, while it is certainly a bad film, I can't deny that there's some counter-intuitive enjoyment to be had, especially in the no-holds-barred third act. This bizarre entertainment arises because it's all so stupid and that you can laugh at, not with, the piece every few minutes when, invariably, a moment somehow sillier than the last happens. Like they say, a bad movie is better than a totally boring one, though this does unfortunately have its moments of genuine tedium, too. It does have the best uses of the series' signature masks, though. The fact it takes itself so seriously that it can't be 'in on the joke' is perhaps the icing on the cake, as even a hint of a wink would reduce the flick's already limited 'cheesy' enjoyment. To be clear, I don't particularly like this film. Yet, I don't hate it, either. 5/10

Literally the worst action movie ever. Why are the pigeons in slow motion. Why is everything in slow motion. Too much slow motion and no money shots.