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...back in Hollywood, with a meaty role opposite the movies' biggest box-office star in this season's surefire action thriller. Make that romantic thriller, because from the minute Newton and Cruise lock eyes across a floor of flamenco dancers in M:I-2, you know that director John Woo (Face/Off) is up to something different...
Everything is gloriously choreographed in Woo's trademark fast-action, slo-mo moves, including a motorcycle joust, a car tango and a heart-stopping Cruise duet with a mountain. (He did most of his own stunts. And Newton did, well, some of hers.) "Yes, it's fun! It's understandable!" says Newton, speaking in exclamation marks as she gently pokes fun at the first M:I. "And it's uncontroversial!" she adds with relief...
...MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 Directed by John Woo Starring Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames...
...After failing to turn Eyes Wide Shut into an art-house blockbuster, Tom Cruise has returned to safer ground, teaming with much-worshipped action director John Woo for a high-octane sequel to his 1996 smash Mission: Impossible. Although it might seem as if Cruise is abandoning his lofty artistic ambitions in favor of instant box office, he actually continues his admirable tradition of seeking out the industry's top directors. Woo is an absolute master at bringing a graceful touch to epic action sequences, and much of his Hong Kong work, such as The Killer and Bullet...
...hunky high-school quarterback in Varsity Blues, the rest of the God-fearing world has been anxiously awaiting his next big-screen performance. Substituting football pants for equally tight leather chaps, this time Van Der Beek serves under one legendary cowboy, Leander McNelly (Dylan McDermott) and must woo Joey Potter and simultaneously battle an army of renegade outlaws, namely John King Fisher (Alfred Molina) and Pacey Witter. The hype is good for this gun toting, rough riding drama set in Texas, 1875, the one setback being it threatens to diminish the number of syllables Dawson can intelligently...