'Mission: Impossible II' Was a Rough Turn for the Franchise, but It Was Also Completely Necessary for Its Future

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One of the strongest attributes of the Mission: Impossiblefranchise is its timelessness, with most of its entries existing in an evergreen space. Mission: Impossible II, however, is a different story. The long hair. The leather jacket. The Limp Bizkit song on the soundtrack. The second film in the Tom Cruise-led action franchise is so 2000, you can practically taste it. Often regarded as the series' low point, John Woo's film features incredible highs of intense thrills and dazzling set pieces, and grueling sequences of dull exposition. It's easy to dismiss Mission: Impossible II from the canon now that Christopher McQuarrie has mastered the tonal and narrative scope of the franchise, but Woo's unique spin on a pre-established brand paved the way forRogue Nation through the upcoming The Final Reckoning, even if everything wasn't fully developed yet.

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