In for a penny in for a pound. Easily the worst of the franchise, John Woo’s take on the spy thriller is so bad at times that I am genuinely surprised they made a third one six years later. The plot is much simpler than the first film but the headaches come from elsewhere. Noise, fire, cars, explosions, guns, kung-fu… it’s relentless and eventually tedious. The locations are weird too. What sort of international pharma company is based in Australia? These people have no regard for logistics! Their operational costs must be huge! Sack the board! I’m guessing there was some sort of regional fund up for grabs when they shot the film. Get that yak off the top of Tom Cruise’s head and bring on the third film please. benoliver999.com/film/2017/05/12/missionimpossible2/

"Mr. Hunt, this isn't mission difficult, it's mission impossible. "Difficult" should be a walk in the park for you." The best line in the entire franchise. The over the top action, excessive explosions, motorcycles races, Tom Cruise's karate skills, the overuse of mask and voice changers; it has it all. Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton have great chemistry together. Look it's not great and hasn't aged the best but hey, it's cheesy and fun and sometimes entertaining. Plus Tom Cruise's hair looks great.

It's kind of amazing how much worse this has aged compared to the first one.

A great big action film. If you like 80's Schwarzenegger or Die Hard you'll be into this. Big explosions, cheesy lines and yes, lots of hair-flicking against a fan. But the action is so well-staged I forgive it a lot. After this the series turned soapy in part 3, then overly comedic with the introduction of Simon Pegg. It depends what you are into, but if you enjoy films like Con Air, Under Siege, The Rock and Air Force One, you should like this.

I'm not going to spend much time writing what I thought about "Mission: Impossible II. I've seen a lot of movies lately and I'm a completist driven to writing at least something about every movie I see. This movie is not worth spending a lot of time on. I've not seen many other John Woo-directed films, but if "M:I II" is typical of his output, count me out. The action is way over-the-top and these scenes go on forever. Ethan Hunt is basically a superhero here and this is all about the star power of Tom Cruise. The villain is entirely forgettable and the action scenes are not exciting. I don't remember anything about the plot, which means it was weak, too. This is one of the most disappointing sequels I can ever recall seeing.