Short time to comment, as this one comes out on Wednesday, May 24. I liked the first episode enough to buy it, so you can probably imagine how much anticipation I've had for the second installment to finally arrive. Tom Cruise looks much more like a secret agent with a little too much attitude in the new one. Probably has something to do with the longer hair. (Hmm...biased opinion? Maybe...) I'm also extremely happy to see the return of Ving Rhames. He's one of my favorite actors, along with an M:I-2 newcomer, Anthony Hopkins. I'd bet that this one will compare to or even surpass the first movie. What do you think?

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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

the nutty professor two is coming out it has to do with his family

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Wasn't as good as I had hoped, but it was certainly worth seeing. A nice change was that Cruise had a little more edge to his character this time around. I didn't think much of the girl, and there was far too little involvement of the other spies. Great FX shots, and the stunts were pretty cool. It's more action movie where the first M.I. film was more suspense. I'd pick Gladiator over this one if you have to choose, but I'd have to vote for seeing this in a theater and not waiting for the video.

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There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

Is the story good? Theme?

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, then a frontal labotomy!

The plot's pretty well done, and there's enough of a mindgame to make it fun. Remember the masks from the first movie? There's some really good use of those again.

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Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together.

I'd rate this one a medium bag o' popcorn. Some good action. I agree about the use of the masks - good stuff. Again, more action than mystery. Looks like Tom buffed up for the role. =) Worth a matinee price, but not full price, although I'd definitely want to see it in the theatre.

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Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it, whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
---Chief Seattle

saw Gladiator on Sunday with the wife and kids, thoroughly enjoyed it .. and can't wait for MI2, it hasn't opened down here yet - did you guys see much of our home town, Sydney?

There are several shots of the Opera House, some downtown scenes, but most of what we saw could have been filmed in any large city. There is one scene that was obviously filmed in the outback, though.

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Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it, whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
---Chief Seattle