In a film genre filled with heavily accented hero's, fancy cars, beautiful women, and plot distracting action scene's, Mission Impossible II breaks away to stand out as a modern reincarnation of the past spy/action films. Tom Cruise returns to play Ethan Hunt, who is a mercenary working for an underground international agency. He has been assigned to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose, played by Dougray Scott, from destroying the world. Along with Cruise, Ving Rhames returns as computer and communications whiz Luther Stickell, and the gorgeous Thandie Newton pops up as Hunt's love interest. Director John Woo did a great job of having the writers fill in their plot around his high velocity action scenes. Mission Impossible II is an excellent example of a more modern spy film, with it's intense action, extremely impossible odds, and the untypical twist away from the norm of spy movies, M:I II had me eagerly awaiting to see what would happen next.

From hard impact fight scenes to high velocity car scenes, John Woo managed to live up to his reputation for creating action-filled masterpieces. Even though this film was far from a masterpiece, it still presents all that is

M:I II was a good in many different ways, but it also had some downfalls, as does any film. But one thing is for sure, it definitely gave the viewer what they wanted. This film provided all the elements necessary for a great action film. M:I had the high velocity action, the moments of suspense due to impossible odds, and it went against the grain of normal spy/action film, such as the Bond series. Could Mission Impossible be the new beginning for action films to come? The only way to tell is to pay close attention to what hits the screens in the time to come. I give this film two thumbs up, and would recommend any action nut to see this movie.

The predicaments that Ethan Hunt is placed in fit well with the title of this movie, Mission Impossible. At several different times during the film, Cruise had some kind of almost impossible duty to perform. There is one point during the film, where Ethan has to make it inside the lab building, but the only way is to go through the roof. Here comes the trick for what would normally be an easy task. Hunt has to descend down to the bottom of a long shaft. The openings on the roof can only be forcibly opened for 40 seconds before the alarm goes off. Hunt has to be all the way to the bottom, and his ropes have to be winched back to the top all in this 40 seconds. This provides a great amount of suspense considering the camera kept shifting from Cruise flying down this shaft, to Rames instructing him to hurry, to the helicopter fr

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