It's kind of amazing each of the first four of these came out around 5 years after the previous one. It's one more part of why each one feels unique yet connected.
The prison break to open the movie is just really fun. The Kremlin is good too. The whole Dubai sequence though is one of the greatest set pieces in movie history. From Ethan climbing the Burj Khalifa, which still makes me sweat, to the dust storm chase. Still…
Like most Mickey Spillane, Dashell Hammett, Raymond Chandler etc. films, this one winds all over the place and has 50 characters to keep track of. This actually does a pretty good job of keeping it on the rails though and enjoy this version of Hammer that has a real moral com and is just a cynical softy.
Really liked Whitney Blake and Donald Randolph as Colonel Holloway, the best character in this.
My Gun is Quick is an elite title.
I was a MI 2 detractor at one point but every time I watch it, I appreciate it more. After a relatively grounded, slim first installment, this one says fuck it and goes off the rails. Never is Ethan Hunt trying to be more like Bond.
Written by Robert Towne, who wrote the first movie along with a multiple classics and directed by John Woo. The script is honestly the weakest link but Woo directs every moment like his life…
