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Binge Movie Aftertaste – Mission Impossible Retrospective w/ Matthew Goudreau and Pete MC: Mission Impossible 2 (2000)
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 00:59:42
Publish Date: 2018-07-06 09:07:53
Description: In the mid 90s, the cinematic landscape was much different. Batman and the general comic book film was about to go on hiatus until 2005 after director Joel Schumacher drove its toyetic Batmobile up a building and over ice, and The Addams Family had their two films come and go. We needed a new action hero based off an already established commodity. Enter an at the time squeaky clean, ever smiling Tom Cruise as Agent Ethan Hunt. The Mission Impossible film series, based on the 60s television show, started off as the first film franchise Cruise was associated with. But the films gradually turned into the go to when Cruise needed a hit or image makeover. I guess spending three years coped up with Stanley Kubrick filming Eyes Wide Shut would make anyone grab both an ego and the urge to grow long hair. Because that is exactly how star Tom Cruise responded. After the 1999 drama filmed with then wife Nicole Kidman, Cruise obviously needed a release that involved returning to his storied franchise. Enter John Woo. A director who had a hell of a reputation with films like Hard Boiled and The Killer before even coming to America, Woo made himself known stateside with action fare such as Broken Arrow and the huge 1997 hit Face/Off. So of course Cruise was going to hand pick him to make him look good and unload that urge to let his charismatic charm roam free in the ego clad sequel to his 1996 hit Mission Impossible. Join me, Matt, and Pete as we play 'Count the Mask Removals' while reviewing what is probably the series' most derided film. Will any of us like Mission Impossible 2? Or will we just add to the hate that most followers of the series seem to have for it? Listen to find out. And keep checking back, as we are leading up to a review of Mission Impossible Fallout, to be released July 27th.   Mission Impossible 2 (2000) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)     CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN NOW! Subscribe to Binge Cast on iTunes
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