Mission: Impossible 2 [HD DVD]

Buy This Item Mission: Impossible 2 [HD DVD] by Paramount Home Video  Available from Amazon  $13.40  on 10-31-2008     The product was deliverd to me in a timely fashion, in good condition and was exactly whaht I requested good service and would recommend the others to make purcahses through this person. Reader Reviews Okay, so De Palma's film wasn't Citizen Kane, but at least it had its moments when Cruise's insatiable vanity was kept in check in favour of some well-executed set-pieces (even if one was stolen lock, stock and barrel from Topkapi). Woo's disastrous sequel - at the time the most expensive film ever made - is like an endless hairspray commercial, with the ever limited Cruise (who used to be able to act but now just runs off a checklist of six annoying expressions) constantly flicking his hair in glowing slo-mo - you keep on expecting him to say 'Because I'm worth it.' Unfortunately, they're so busy making him look pretty that they forget to include any of the basics of a Summer movie. The action scenes are few and far between and not worth the wait; the script is another lazy and lifeless stinker from Robert Towne that rivals his Love Affair for banal inconsequentiality; and the Brits in the cast let the side down even more than Woo, Cruise and Towne combined - Thandie Newton seems semi-comatose, Hopkins hams it up and cashes the cheque, while Dougray Scott demonstrates just how dull an actor he can be even when mugging relentlessly. The only good thing that came of this film was the over-runs keeping Scott from playing Wolverine in X-Men: judging from his subsequent performances on screen and stage, if being boring on screen was an Olympic sport, this guy would win Scotland gold every time. Possibly the most tedious vanity production ever made. Good extras on the DVD, but that's the best that can be said for it.

Mission: Impossible 2 [HD DVD] Available from Amazon Price: $13.40 Updated on 10-31-2008.

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