Mission: Impossible II
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 24, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Moves with terrific energy, alternating riveting action sequences with intimate material in a manner that's pure Woo. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's eye candy that detonates. Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
This is the sort of breathless joyride that we expect - but don't often get - from a summer movie. [24 May 2000, p.E1]
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The real deity of the movie is director Woo, who takes complete command of the latest technology -- hyperspeed editing, breathtaking cinematography, 10-out-of-10 stunt work -- to create brilliant action sequences. Read full review
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Such a feast of outlandish pleasures it'll send you home steam-cleaned and shrink-wrapped. Read full review
80
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Keeps the pulse pounding without sacrificing laughs or logic.
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
The power of film to irrationally transform and exalt is almost a religion to Woo, and another reason why he was the natural go-to guy for this lucrative movie franchise. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Every car chase, every plane crash, every potential drop off a cliff is a masterpiece of grace and surprise. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Woo is in fine form, employing every weapon in his considerable arsenal: slow motion shots, billowing clothing (scarves, loose jackets, the dresses on flamenco dancers), pigeons taking flight, lots of martial arts/WWF moves, and a fluid but constantly-moving camera. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
More evolved, more confident, more sure-footed in the way it marries minimal character development to seamless action. Read full review
75
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
There's also a nice cheekiness to the material written by Robert Towne ("Chinatown"), and the usual cool high-tech toys are deployed. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Check your brains at the popcorn stand and hang on for a spectacular ride. Read full review
74
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Strangely, what it most lacks is the genuine tension found in the first "Mission"'s signature set pieces. Read full review
70
SlateDavid Edelstein
At his best (Woo)'s too promiscuous with the slow motion; and once those doves start fluttering in he enters a new dimension in self-parody. Read full review
70
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
It is ultimately the film's reliance on this thumping action assault that keeps it from true summer-movie greatness. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
As pure a summer popcorn overdose as you're likely to find, M:i-2 is breezy, breathless, brainless fun, falling just short of Woo's own "Face/Off" but head and shoulders above anything else out there just now. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The story line is the typical M:I labyrinthine mess, made even more confusing by the always challenging Robert Towne as screenwriter, and by the continuation and overuse of the flawlessly lifelike "mask" device established in Part One. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Holleman
With a deadly slow beginning and an unnecessary overload of special effects, this sequel is incredibly average, doubling the number of explosions and cinematic tricks, but cutting back on story, plot and characters. [24 May 2000, p.E4]
63
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Woo delivers a vintage breakneck, break-arm, break-face 20-minute finale. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Never as much fun as (Woo's) old Chow Yun Fat-starring Chinese pics. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Suggests that Cruise the actor may have outgrown this kind of stuff. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Hard-driving and propulsive as it is, the film is unable to hide the fact that Woo seems not only to be repeating himself, but parodying his earlier films on a much bigger scale, more crudely and coarsely. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There's solid chemistry between Cruise and the stunning Newton, a superb actress previously restricted to such ethnic roles as Sally Hemings in "Jefferson in Paris" and the title role in "Beloved." Read full review
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