Mission: Impossible II (Widescreen Edition)

Mission: Impossible II (Widescreen Edition)

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Movie Reviews of Mission: Impossible II (Widescreen Edition)

Movie Review: A Good Time Movie! No deeper message. Just enjoy it stupid!!
Summary: 5 Stars

The plot of this movie is much less convoluted than the original, which makes it easier to enjoy. I wasn't missing half the movie trying to figure out the imponderables like I was in the first one (Is that chick from Emmanuelle going to get nekkid? I wonder what that stick of gum tastes like??) This is an old-fashioned spy movie. Minus most of the gadgets. This one ended with a stronger feeling of finality, unlike the first one, which kind of left the door open for a reunion between Ethan and Luther. I liked that maybe Ethan is off on a permanent vacation. Lord knows he's earned it.

Now for the disc itself: There are three or four behind the scenes vignettes all based around how they did the stunts. Not too much about the story, cast special effects in these BTS shorts. This is no mistake. Word is that the action scenes in this movie were written first, and the story evolved around the action. Ironically, George Lucas was playing skee-ball one day and had an idea for the Death Star chase sequence. The rest is history...

One of the funnier shorts I have seen on a DVD is Mission:Improbable from the MTV Movie Awards. In it, Ben Stiller plays Tom Cruise's stunt double/stalker. I'm a huge fan of Ben Stiller, and to see him send up Tom Cruise, with the help of Tom Cruise and John Woo, was in itself worth the purchase. The commentary is a little thin, and I would have liked to hear what Tom was thinking during the filming. But, on the bright side, the disc does include the video for Metallica's "I Disappear". The disc should have included the video for Limp Bizkit's "Take a Look Around", since it wasn't released here in the states. I have seen the video via newsgroups, and it would have made a nice little bonus addition.

After all is said and done, the question arises: Should I buy this DVD? The answer: yes. Whether you are a viewer that watches all the content on a disc, or if you simply pop it in and watch the movie, this disc will entertain you. Have we evolved so much as a society that motorcycle chases, explosions and beautiful women are no longer enough to get us to watch a movie?