Episode 3 - Mission: Impossible 2

(Originally published October 28th, 2018) Okay, so, for this
week's episode of Parking Lot Critiques, Jeffrey and I tackled
John Woo's 2000 film, Mission: Impossible 2, or, in the terms of
certain super bad ass just-past-the-nineties movie posters
advertising the film, M:i-2.


In this review, Jeffrey and I were perhaps a little too kind to
this film, and it should be noted that it is fairly cartoonish
and dated and easily the worst of the franchise. If you are
skeptical of the spy and action movie genres, this is not a film
that will give you any faith.


But all of that said, Jeffrey and I had a good time revisiting
this early entry to the New Millennium. It features a lot of
hallmarks of John Woo's filmmaking, including plenty of
explosions, lots of masks, and miscellaneous inexplicable birds,
if you're into that sort of thing. (I mean, it gave us this
gloriously goofy poster of Tom Cruise riding a motorcycle through
fake fire amidst silhouettes of doves, so it can't be all bad,
right?) It is also good fun if you're looking for a dose of the
Y2k era, especially if you remember watching this movie growing
up and are looking to relive your childhood. All and all, it’s a
fine film to eat a pizza with some friends to in a casual
setting, especially if you are already interested in spy films,
action flicks, or the Mission: Impossible franchise as a whole.


That’s our take, anyway. Stay tuned for next week as we delve
into J. J. Abrams' film, Mission: Impossible 3, a huge step up as
well as a significant move into new territory for the Mission:
Impossible franchise!


-Andy