Mission: Impossible 2

In June 2020, I watched Mission: Impossible 2 for the first time on the television set. The spy action movie was released in 2000.

It follows the activities of Ethan Hunt who is a crack agent for the Impossible Missions Force, also known as the IMF, a division of the CIA. Hunt and his colleagues fight against their enemies over an artificial deadly virus. Coronavirus has had an overwhelming influence in the real world, so I felt complicated a little. I though that it was fun as well as the previous work but it was more stylish.

Although the lead, Tom Cruise, looked more pleasant than the previous one, yet I did not like him so much. I of course thought that he was an excellent actor especially in action. The scenes especially were picturesque when he was driving a high-powered bike.

Anthony Hopkins appeared in it. I expected him to act an important role like Jon Voight in the first movie, however, he acted just in two scenes. I was kind of disappointed at it but I also thought that it was good because Hopkins would have upstaged Cruise if the veteran actor had played longer time. I believe that anything must not shadow the glamour of Tom Cruise in the spy movie series. 

I did not like Hunt's colleague Luther played by Ving Rhames in it because he had a mustache. For the same reason, I do not like watching Paul Newman in Sting and Hervey Keitel in Pulp Fiction and Irishman, though I love both of the actors. Talking about a tiny personal preference goes on forever, though. Moreover, I like a man with a mustache if it looks good on him, like Charles Bronson.

The Heroin, Thandie Newton, was very attractive, however, I did not think that a woman with a baby face like her was not suitable for Tom Cruise's opposite cast. I think that a bewitching lady like Rebecca Ferguson is a match for the handsome actor.