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Mission: Impossible 2 Reaction! (Patreon)

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2023-07-01 17:01:00
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2026-06
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Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Edited Reaction Alongside the regular multi-part full, you now have the option of watching an edited version of the full movie reaction with 10-15mins of Picture-in-Picture. You can watch this edit in the player, or alternatively you can download it to your computer using the button underneath each part.

Comments

Ryan

This is nigh-universally considered the low point of the series, so it's nice you can get it out of the way this early. The first film did pretty well at the box office, but also got a ton of complaints that it was supposedly impossible to follow, as if an action movie expecting you to pay a reasonable amount of attention to the story is completely unfathomable (which to be fair, it pretty much was at the time). So for the sequel, there was a deliberate effort to make the story much simpler so people could just have fun watching a firework show. And to that end, it was out with Brian De Palma and in with action maestro John Woo, who'd made some big inroads with the American movie business with Broken Arrow and Face/Off. The result is best summed up by the scene where Nyah first reunites with Ambrose and he saves her scarf from blowing away, to which Woo applies his signature slow motion for absolutely no reason. A lot of doing things because they could, without wondering if they should. Nyah is particular is just a bizarre waste of a character (and Thandiwe Newton's talents, which we've gotten a much better idea of since this time), with all the pieces there for a very interesting character with her own agency in the story, but instead she's just relegated to a generic love interest for the guys to fight over as if the virus didn't give them plenty of reasons to fight already. And then the movie actually tries to sell her as being the great true love of Ethan's life, which the fans utterly rebelled against even at the time. And that was their response to pretty much everything else. While the brand name still allowed the movie to make a sizable profit, it was still a step down from the first film, and both critics and audiences were not kind at all. And it really didn't help either that this was smack in the middle of Tom Cruise at his most shamelessly egotistical (just look at his hair in this movie compared to all the others!), before the mockery of his couch jumping moment finally led him to start reining himself in a little with stuff like Tropic Thunder. And luckily, the M:I series benefited from that as well, getting back on track with the third film and continually improving from there. So that's what you have to look forward to.

Thomas Corp

Start by addressing your problem with the make-up, I admit I’m no expert, though you mentioned it, and you did look just a trifle pale. Not sure if that’s the precise issue you’re referring to, again, experience with stage make-up notwithstanding, I’m no expert. But yeah, I noticed it looked just a smidge off. Hopefully your detective work to determine the culprit for what is causing the issue went well, Jess. Likewise, sorry you had a bad day of congestion. Now onto the movie. I’ve often been told, and I see Ryan has said so as well, that this is one of the weaker entries of this series, if not the weakest. Now finally seeing it myself, the thought does make sense as this was a CHORE to get through, though I’d have to see the entirety of the series before I committed to fully sharing the opinion. You can definitely tell this is a John Woo film, which isn’t strictly speaking a bad thing, though his style is just a wee bit too much in this film, especially when the scenes start being shown from twelve different camera angles with birds flying around, and then, as you described, the “Let’s make Tom Cruise look as cool as possible shots” which you described as entertaining. Not the word I’d use. Hans Zimmer delivered a good score, though that’s to be expected. I like you enjoyed the plot point of the virus. I’m annoyed how the premise of a lot of this is Hitchcock’s Notorious. More specifically, though I am appreciative of the homage as it is in my top five Hitchcock films, past a point, I just started wishing I was watching that instead of this. Since you brought up this film in the last Star Trek reaction, I was looking forward to the reaction of the rock-climbing scene that you said you remembered for whatever reason. I second you continuously calling Ethan a crazy person, and I especially second your saying, “I know this supposed to be like “Oh my God. Look how manly, and like brave he is, and he’s not scared of anything.” I just think he looks dumb.” You and me both on that one. Without getting into specifics, though I hadn’t planned to, I saw the trailer for the upcoming installment two days ago, and from that alone, the man’s stupidity in this regard is reaching absurdly obscene levels. My mom outright rolled her eyes and was shaking her head at the stupidity. It was most enjoyable to see you proceed to continue to comment on the male macho bullshit throughout this film. Midway through the film, I, myself, commented on Tom Cruise’s antics by saying, “Christ almighty, this man is exhausting.” Thandiwe Newton was an engaging character, and I quite liked that you liked her, and that you found her to be the star of the show. I have heard that unfortunately Thandiwe herself did not have the best time on this. I did not mind in the slightest your venting a little about the interchangeable love interest trope. I don’t much care for when the trope is utilized either, like in the Top Gun films for example. I knew you were going to be happy seeing Ving Rhames as Luther again. I loved how concerned and protective you were during that one scene. I had a feeling you wouldn’t care much for the villain in this one, and that’s me as well. Credit to Dougray Scott for making the character particularly slimy; good performance, disgusting villain. Like you said, fairly one-note, sexist asshole. I loved all your comments on him. Richard Roxburgh felt underutilized. I would have appreciated him being allowed to go full-tilt ham more than he got to. I also needed more Rade Šerbedžija, Brendan Gleeson, and especially Anthony Hopkins, but I’ll take what I can get. By the way, yes, the one guy was Linc, with hair. Can’t speak to the level of how jarring it was as I haven’t seen Prison Break. Ultimately, not a film I was nuts about, but I like it that you enjoyed it, and it was nice to share it with you, Jess. Thanks for the fun reaction.

WastedPo

I haven't watched this reaction yet, but in anticipation of you not caring for MI2 (a lot of people don't), you should be aware that starting with MI3, the series essentially does a soft reboot. I envision Tom Cruise and JJ Abrams (who directs MI3, and stays on as a producer for the remaining entries) cuing up MI2 and saying, "Okay, so these are the things we will NEVER do again." From MI3 onward, the character of Ethan Hunt is given an overhaul. You will never again see him smirking as he does something death defying (as happened in MI2). Much like Harrison Ford has portrayed Indy, Cruise begins to play Hunt with much more vulnerability, fear and reluctance regarding the "impossible" missions. There is a lot more humor too, much of it in the form of self-deprecation. The totality of these changes makes Hunt feel like an underdog. From a story perspective, starting in 3, there is much more focus given to the character interactions and the idea of "team," with at least a few actors carrying over from film to film. And while the masks still play a role in the storytelling (hey, it's a calling card of the property), the device isn't abused nearly as much as it was in MI2.