I'd just watched the first MI movie a few days before viewing this sequel, and it's like Ethan is a different character. He is so much more smug than the first film. I can see why the villain wanted to knock his smile off his face. Moving from Brian De Palma to John Woo as a director gives this a very different feel and tone. It lacks the same tension as MI, but has more impressive action for the most part. With John Woo, you know you are going to get an overkill of slow-mos. The motorcycle action scenes towards the end of the film are some of the best I've seen and made me think of Terminator 2's iconic chase whilst watching it. To be negative, Thandiwe Newton as Nyah, wasn't impressive at all and in any film with an Australian, they always give them the strongest most stereotypical accent possible, don't they... Finally, check out the slap sound effect added when Nyah hits Sean in the car. They went a little overboard in the editing room there. 3-3.5