Mission: Impossible II - Impossible 2 - Double Disc Edition
Action, Thriller
Paramount Pictures  (2000) 123 mins PG-13

5.7 (72,582 votes)
Mission Impossible 2 involves agent (Ethan Hunt) tracking down the deadly Chimera virus which liquefies peoples organs and is highly contagious. (Sean Ambrose) a former agent now turned renegade plans to release the virus into the open and reap the benefits from selling its cure. Ethan recruits a professional burglar (Nyah Nordoff-Hall) to help scupper Ambrose plans. At a research facility which Nyah breaks into, most of the vials of Chimera are destroyed however she injects herself with the last vile so that she is still valuable enough not to be killed by Ambrose when captured. Ethan then has to track down Nyah before the virus kills her....

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Cast and Crew
Tom Cruise  ......  Ethan Hunt
Brendan Gleeson  ......  John C. McCloy
Anthony Hopkins  ......  Boss
Thandie Newton  ......  Nyah Nordoff-Hall
John Polson  ......  Billy Baird
Ving Rhames  ......  Luther Stickell
Director  .....  John Woo
Producer  .....  Tom Cruise; Terence Chang; Paula Wagner
Writer  .....  Robert Towne; Brannon Braga; Bruce Geller; Ronald D. Moore
Cinematography  .....  Jeffrey L. Kimball
Musician  .....  Hans Zimmer; Lalo Schifrin; Mel Wesson; James Hetfield; Lars Ulrich
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: The influenza virus attacks white blood cells, not red blood cells as shown in the film. Chimera would not cause massive bleeding as shown in the movie. (more)

Trivia:
Stuart Baird did uncredited re-editing work on this film and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) for Paramount in order to get the job of directing Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). (more)

Filming Locations:
Argyle Place, The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (more)

Quotes:
[Nyah is standing right in front of Ethan]
Luther Stickell: [over radio] Ethan, Nyah's in the building. Do you copy?
Ethan Hunt: [dryly, into radio] Thank you.
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Awards:
9 wins & 17 nominations (more)