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Mission: Impossible 2
We can finally put the aging James Bond to rest. He's been replaced as cinema's best spy by Ethan Hunt of the "Mission: Impossible" films.
Admittedly, this new movie-franchise-in-the-making got off to a somewhat shaky start with the first film, which had its share of thrills but matched them with an almost incomprehensible plot. But the eagerly awaited sequel more than makes up for it with even bigger and more breathtaking stunts and a streamlined story that doesn't leave you scratching your head.
However, before we all start congratulating megastar Tom Cruise, who plays Hunt and produced this sequel, let's give credit where credit is due most of this film's success is due to director John Woo, who is surely the best action filmmaker working today.
This is probably the best or at least the most consistent of his American work. And in theme and tone, there are echoes of and odes to his earlier films, which include the "A Better Tomorrow" movies and "Once a Thief."
The more stripped-down storyline has Hunt on the trail of rogue agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott), who is threatening to spread a new bioweapon. He's already gotten the antidote, which was swiped from the scientist who invented it. But now Ambrose needs to get his hands on the weapon itself, a bioengineered flu called Chimera, which can kill a person in 20 hours.
Hunt's got more than a few reasons to take the mission personally. Ambrose has been impersonating him, and the team member who's been recruited to seduce Ambrose is none other than Hunt's own new romantic interest, Nyah (Thandie Newton). And she was recruited because of her romantic past with her quarry.
If that isn't bad enough, Hunt only has 20 hours to stop Ambrose and recover the antidote because Nyah has injected herself with Chimera to keep it out of her former lover's hands.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames
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