Expect the impossible again.|May. 24, 2000|USA|123 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Action;Adventure;Thriller
Description: In “Mission: Impossible II” (2000), Ethan Hunt, portrayed by Tom Cruise, is called into action while on vacation. The IMF informs him that someone has impersonated him to assist Dr. Vladimir Nekhorvich, a Russian bio-chemical expert from Biocyte Pharmaceuticals, in entering the United States. However, the commercial airliner carrying Nekhorvich has been deliberately crashed. Nekhorvich, an old friend of Ethan, had intended to deliver a new virus named Chimera and its antidote, Bellerophont, to the IMF. Both substances were developed under duress by Biocyte.
Concerned that the virus may have been released, the IMF suspects rogue agent Sean Ambrose is behind the scheme and assigns Ethan to retrieve it. Ethan is instructed to assemble a team, including professional thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall, played by Thandie Newton. Nyah, an ex-girlfriend of Ambrose, is recruited to infiltrate his circle. Ethan’s team also includes computer expert Luther Stickell and pilot Billy Baird.
The team converges in Sydney, Australia, where Biocyte’s laboratories and Ambrose’s headquarters are located. As they monitor Biocyte, Nyah works to gather information about the Chimera virus. At a horse racing event, Ambrose meets with Biocyte’s CEO, John C. McCloy, and uses footage of the virus’s deadly effects to coerce McCloy into cooperation. Nyah manages to steal the footage and transfers it to Ethan and his team, who discover the virus has a 20-hour dormant period before causing fatal destruction of red blood cells.
The stakes rise as Ethan and his team race against time to stop Ambrose and prevent a global catastrophe.
Cast director: John Woo
Cast actor: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Šerbedžija, William Mapother, Dominic Purcell
Original name: Mission: Impossible II