Mission Impossible: II Good action. Lots of action. Did I mention that there is action? Why don't we point out that there is action here.

Yes, lots of action in true John Woo style. Now don't get me wrong, he has a lot of good stuff. Sadly he doesn't seem to understand when enough is enough. Does every reload of a gun have to include a slow-mo dropping of the clip, overdone sound for when it leaves the gun and hits the floor, absolute silence in between, and close up on the bottom of it hitting the floor? Does every kick have to be wilder and cooler than the last one? Do we have to have a slow-mo scene every 5 minutes?

That's my bitch about the "style" of the movie. The actual plot of MI:II was pretty standard. Lots of action, sidekicks that don't really contribute to the mission, lots of things blowing up, a hero that feels the need to do things the hard way, and a pretty lame relationship that someone thought would be a good idea.

But a good action flick.

My pride, my absolute pride of this movie was calling a stunt double. That's right, the first scenes with Tom Cruise rock climbing I said "man that looks like Ron Kauk" and lo and behold under "stunt doubles" in the credits, on the far right column (look for it!) is the name Ron Kauk.

Guess that whole climbing thing paid off huh?

The quick and dirty conclusion... if you love John Woo go see it, you'll love it. If you hate John Woo go see it anyway, it's a decent (albeit cardboard and predictable) action flick. Posted by Arcterex at May 25, 2000 04:12 PM