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Mission: Impossible II
Cruise/Wagner Productions Cruise/Wagner Productions
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Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) MI 2 Productions
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures
Mission: Impossible Collection Mission: Impossible Collection

Mission: Impossible II

Expect the impossible again.

2000 123 min ★ 6.1 (7,805) Released
Action Adventure Thriller

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

Original title
Mission: Impossible II
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$125,000,000
Revenue
$546,388,108
Reviews & Ratings 6
Dr Nostromo

Dr Nostromo

Jul 5, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

69/100 Ethan Hunt must stop a deadly new virus from falling into the wrong hands. The directing styles from Brian De Palma (1st film) to John Woo is pretty stark making this far less an M:I movie and far more a James Bond action flick. Not a lot of time is spent on the depth of the characters focusing almost exclusively on Ethan and the villain and the romantic scenes just felt awkward. But the film is loaded with Woo's trademark car & motorcycle chases and stunts, shootouts galore and non-stop, superbly choreographed fights making it all a very fun popcorn matinee. -- DrNostromo.com

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

May 26, 2025 · via TMDB

★ 1.0

And here is where I gave up on the series. I liked the first one, it was 3 Days of the Condor with action, not as brilliant acting, not as talented a cast, but action packed fun. And then suddenly Tom has long hair and it's has no plot, there are a lot of pigeons all the time, the action looks corny and.... I checked out, I really did. Even the memory cards, they are spies that do action and they aren't using Compact Flash Cards? It made no sense, it was imagery over plot. It stank. But they made a lot more, and I might have watched the Ghost Recall or whatever it was called on, but don't really remember paying attention to it. This one took me out of the franchise.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Jul 1, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 5.0

"Ambrose" (Dougray Scott) is a disavowed IMF agent with a grudge. He is determined to procure and release a deadly hybrid "chimera" virus onto the streets of Sydney so he can push up the share price of the company that wins his auction to acquire it; and that can also manufacture the antidote "Bellerophon". It falls to "Ethan" (Tom Cruise) and his inventive gang of regulars to come up with a way to thwart this plot. To that end, he recruits the brassy thief "Nyah" (Thandiwe Newton) who gets to play a real love interest with "Ethan" whilst feigning one with "Ambrose" to get close to him and learn his plans. On the face of it, this is an ideal screenplay for this franchise, a sort of "James Bond" theme with plenty of location cinematography, action scenes and the odd gadget. Sadly, though, Scott is just not very menacing as the baddie and the story is really under-developed. The characters appear to be almost grinning their way through the unremarkable dialogue, and John Woo creates then recreates the action scenes as if it were just some sort of cartoon feature. The standard of the production is high, the staging of those action scenes is strong and well photographed, but the story just doesn't ever really get into gear and at over two hours, it's a pretty weak and insipid outing for just about everyone. Not a patch on the first film.

A

aardwark69

Apr 11, 2020 · via TMDB

★ 2.0

After quite entertainign Mission Impossible I the second installment turned out ... terrible. As if the screenwriters didn't know how to fill the 2 hrs with action the overuse of heroic slow motion scenes is horrible. You almost might need a barf bag if you can't stand slo-mo every five seconds... for 15 seconds. I am amazed they did decide to push on with more M:I movies after this one, then again, these turned out much much better even if it would be hard to beat that lousy piece of crap of a movie.

Gimly

Gimly

Aug 16, 2016 · via TMDB

★ 3.0

The first underwhelmed me, but this one straight-up bored me. Again, of course seeing Hunt climb a mountain without a harness is impressive sure. And I even quite liked the idea behind the villain of the piece (though even that angle was woefully underdeveloped). Even setting it in predominantly Australia was enough to grab my attention, and that's saying something cause I'm pretty biased when it comes to that. I hear tell that _Mission: Impossible II_ is the low point in the series, and that at least is encouraging, because if anything afterwards is much worse than this one, I don't know if I'll be able to make it through to Rogue Nation. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible._

D

Dark Jedi

Jan 1, 2016 · via TMDB

★ 5.0

This is a decent enough mindless action movie with a lot of over the top action but it is not really a Mission Impossible movie. The movie starts of reasonably well being somewhat intelligent with a bit of Mission Impossible feel to it. It is actually almost a bit slow at times. However, for the second half of the movie it really degrades into a classical John Woo, over the top, action feast with all pretense of intelligence and any true Mission Impossible feel gone. John Woo is not the right person to make a Mission Impossible movie. As with the first movie if it would not have been labelled Mission Impossible I would probably have given it a higher rating since it is a decent enough, mostly braindead though, Hollywood action movie. However, I have higher expectations from a movie labelled Mission Impossible. Tom Cruise is quite okay as Ethan Hunt. Dougray Scott is okayish as the bad guy. Sometimes he projects the right big bad and mad bad-guy attitude but sometimes he is just silly and just as over the top as the action scenes. He is supposed to be a mastermind but he comes out as a thug a’ la a not so intelligent drug baron in many scenes. The action scenes? Well, they are classical John Woo material. Fast paced with a lot of stunts and things that go boom. They are also, as expected, hugely over the top and unbelievable. They provide a enjoyable visual experience but, as I wrote above, they are not really what I would expect from a Mission Impossible movie. The romance between Hunt and Nyah is the typical Hollywood, let’s throw in a sexy girl and some superficial attraction, which develops from get lost to I love you in the matter of a few hours of contact, between the lead character and the girl. Meh! I get the impression that the people that have created these movies so far have not really watched a single full season of Mission Impossible.

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Cast 29
Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Ethan Hunt

Dougray Scott

Dougray Scott

Sean Ambrose

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Nyah Hall

Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames

Luther Stickell

Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh

Hugh Stamp

John Polson

John Polson

Billy Baird

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

McCloy

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija

Dr. Nekhorvich

William Mapother

William Mapother

Wallis

Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell

Ulrich

Mathew Wilkinson

Mathew Wilkinson

Michael

Nicholas Bell

Nicholas Bell

McCloy's Accountant

Kee Chan

Kee Chan

McCloy's Chemist

Kim Fleming

Kim Fleming

Larrabee

Christian Manon

Christian Manon

Dr. Gradsky

Lester Morris

Lester Morris

Bookie

Brett Partridge

Brett Partridge

Biocyte Security Guard #3

Daniel Roberts

Daniel Roberts

Co-Pilot

Antonio Vargas

Antonio Vargas

Senor De L'Arena

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)

Alison Araya

Alison Araya

Girl (uncredited)

Rebecca Barratt

Rebecca Barratt

Art Teacher (uncredited)

Caine

Caine

Race Track Punter (uncredited)

Ryder Davis

Ryder Davis

Server (uncredited)

Patrick Marber

Patrick Marber

Train Driver (uncredited)

William Morts

William Morts

Man with Mission Rocket in Helicopter (uncredited)

Tory Mussett

Tory Mussett

Flamenco Guest (uncredited)

Shant Sarkissian

Shant Sarkissian

Party Attendant (uncredited)

Darren Dupree Washington

Darren Dupree Washington

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Crew 49
Kevin Kavanaugh

Kevin Kavanaugh

Art Direction

Nathan Crowley

Nathan Crowley

Art Direction

Michael Anthony Jackson

Michael Anthony Jackson

Storyboard Artist

Daniel T. Dorrance

Daniel T. Dorrance

Supervising Art Director

Marc Spicer

Marc Spicer

Camera Operator

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Director of Photography

Jasmine Yuen Carrucan

Jasmine Yuen Carrucan

Second Assistant Camera

Kevin Yagher

Kevin Yagher

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Klaus Badelt

Klaus Badelt

Additional Music

Victoria Mielewska

Victoria Mielewska

Dialect Coach

Kim Libreri

Kim Libreri

Digital Effects Supervisor

Brian Smrz

Brian Smrz

Stunt Coordinator

Keith Campbell

Keith Campbell

Stunt Double

Debbie Evans

Debbie Evans

Stunt Driver

Corey Michael Eubanks

Corey Michael Eubanks

Stunts

Dane Farwell

Dane Farwell

Stunts

Danny Wynands

Danny Wynands

Stunts

Daniel Mellitz

Daniel Mellitz

Video Assist Operator

Jason Ballantine

Jason Ballantine

Visual Effects Editor

John Woo

John Woo

Director

Arthur Anderson

Arthur Anderson

First Assistant Director

Brian Smrz

Brian Smrz

Second Unit Director

Tony Ciccone

Tony Ciccone

Additional Editing

John Rogers

John Rogers

Gaffer

Deborah Aquila

Deborah Aquila

Casting

Sarah Halley Finn

Sarah Halley Finn

Casting

Paula Wagner

Paula Wagner

Producer

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Producer

Kevin De La Noy

Kevin De La Noy

Unit Production Manager

Paul Massey

Paul Massey

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Conductor

Lalo Schifrin

Lalo Schifrin

Main Title Theme Composer

Marc Streitenfeld

Marc Streitenfeld

Music Editor

Sharon Jones

Sharon Jones

Music Score Producer

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Original Music Composer

Tony Lamberti

Tony Lamberti

Sound Effects Editor

Andy Nelson

Andy Nelson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Anna Behlmer

Anna Behlmer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Supervising Sound Editor

Adrian De Wet

Adrian De Wet

Compositing Artist

Erik Winquist

Erik Winquist

Compositing Artist

Dan Glass

Dan Glass

Compositing Supervisor

Charles Tait

Charles Tait

Digital Compositor

Craig Barron

Craig Barron

Visual Effects Supervisor

Janek Sirrs

Janek Sirrs

Visual Effects Supervisor

Bruce Geller

Bruce Geller

Original Series Creator

Robert Towne

Robert Towne

Screenplay

Brannon Braga

Brannon Braga

Story

Ronald D. Moore

Ronald D. Moore

Story

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May 18, 2000

Westwood, California

Premiere

May 24, 2000

PG-13 Theatrical

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