Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2' (2000 Video) User Reviews

Botching the planning

[TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews · 5/10 · 2 January 2010]

This is one of the handful or so of featurettes on the DVD of Mission: Impossible II, and the only one that has a page here on the site. It consists of interviews, clips of the movie and behind-the-scenes footage. And yes, it is indeed a "making of", though it doesn't delve that deeply into any area of production. In fact, this feels more promotional than informational, with everyone just showering praise on one area or another(gotta love that Towne got to point out that he had to write the script *around* the action scenes, and not the other way around... maybe the studio thought that Woo being responsible for those would make people forget the plot, or didn't realize that aforementioned approach is, indeed, the wrong way to do it), and frankly, having re-watched the flick last night, I can't claim to recognize all of what they're saying. Are we all talking about the same movie? It's put together nicely enough, with good editing and pacing. And while there are better things on the disc, if you want to know about the film, this isn't too bad. I recommend this to fans of the picture itself. 5/10

Good Documentary!

[Movie Nuttball · 10/10 · 25 August 2005]

This special program is located on the features menu on the VHS of the excellent movie Mission: Impossible II starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Serbedzija, Dominic Purcell, and Anthony Hopkins! Featuring in interviews in this brief making of the film MI-2 are Kim Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, John Polson, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Robert Towne. Paula Wagner, and John Woo! There are some amazing parts of this feature. It is revealed that Cruise did most of his own stunts which i thought was amazing to know! They also talk about many other incredible things and facts about this movie! The Directer John Woo has a good amount of screen time on this feature so if you are one of his fans then this'll be good for you to check out! I thought that this was a great feature I recommend this and I strongly the thrilling film Mission: Impossible II!