This week, we get as close as we can to killing a franchise with John Woo’s 2000 action drama Mission: Impossible 2! Who is this Ethan Hunt? Does the movie love Nyah like we do, or not? Why did Dougray Scott never quite make it?
Content warning: violence, gun violence, objectification of women, misogyny
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Unanswered Questions:
- Is John Woo’s style a bad match for Hollywood, or just for this film?
- How does Nyah compare to Claire from the first Mission: Impossible movie?
- Is there a narrative explanation for the change in both Ethan and Luther?
Further reading:
- Hard Target (1993)
- Face/Off (1997)
- List of James Bond movies
- The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films
- The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule
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