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| Directed by | John Woo |
| Produced by | Tom Cruise Paula Wagner |
| Written by | Robert Towne |
| Starring | Tom Cruise Dougray Scott Thandie Newton Ving Rhames |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Editing by | Christian Wagner Steven Kemper Stuart Baird |
| Distributed by | USA Theatrical and Worldwide DVD/Video Paramount Pictures Non-USA Theatrical United International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 24, 2000 |
| Running time | 123 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $125 million |
| Preceded by | Mission: Impossible |
| Followed by | Mission: Impossible III |
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Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is a film directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise, who is also the film's producer. It is a sequel to Brian De Palma's 1996 film Mission: Impossible with Cruise reprising his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt.
Production of the film was troubled and was shut down for several weeks as the script was re-worked. As a result both Dougray Scott and Thandie Newton lost the chance to appear in starring roles in other films. Cruise and Woo had reportedly clashed several times throughout filming over creative differences, but both walked away from it on good terms.
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Though obviously updated, the plot mirrors the plot of the Alfred Hitchcock film Notorious. The movie's plot involves a virus which is named after the Chimera creature from Greek mythology. Sean Ambrose plans to release the virus and then make money from selling the antidote. Several characters use the mask disguises as in the first Mission: Impossible film. The pre-title sequence involves a Boeing 747 seized over the Colorado Rockies where the virus is taken from the scientist bringing it to Atlanta. Hunt is recruited for the mission by helicopter after rock climbing to the top of a cliff. He later goes to Seville to recruit Nyah Nordoff-Hall, and sets up her false arrest so that Sean Ambrose will rescue her. The second half of the film takes place in Sydney with scenes at a race track and later at a research facility which Hunt must break into to take the virus. Ethan destroys the culture and two of three refined virus samples, before Ambrose catches him and wreaks havoc in the lab. In the end, Nyah injects herself with the virus so that she will become valuable. The finale involves a long motorcycle chase where Ethan races for the North Head where they have tracked Nyah on the GPS chip, and a final encounter in the beach with Ambrose, who is knocked unconscious after a short fight but reappears again and is shot to death by Ethan.
The film was a financial hit and grossed close to $215 million in its domestic American release and approx. $330 million abroad. It was the highest-grossing movie of 2000.
The original score was composed by Hans Zimmer and performed by Lisa Gerrard.
The Mission: Impossible II Soundtrack includes Limp Bizkit's rendition of Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme, "Take a Look Around".
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