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"Mission: Impossible 2" is a huge disappointment. This movie is in serious need of originality. The film makers use exactly the same technology used in the original movie. This movie uses more masks than needed. When there isn't a plot, we get masks. Another thing that the movie has plenty of, is predictability. When Nyah has the virus syringe in her hands, I said to myself she's gonna infect herself. And what do you know, she did. Or when Ambrose's assistant brings Hunt in cuffs and unable to speak? I realized instantly that the masks were responsible again. There were times when I hoped not to be right. Even the simplest idea, something that wouldn't be obvious, would do. But no.
Let me get from the plot to the musical score. Hans Zimmer, shame on you! What is this?! You used the theme music so many times, that it became nauseating. Your "Gladiator" music was a stroke of genius, and now you give me this garbage!
The acting was good to OK. Tom Cruise is effective as usual and so is Thandie Newton. Even in action movie, she still impresses (she was very good in "Beloved"). However, Dougray Scott needs a villainy infusion. He's very general and unthreatening. He requires villainy lessons from Tim Roth (probably the best movie villain) and Robert Carlyle (from "The World Is Not Enough"). Even Joaquin Pheonix (from "Gladiator") was better.
Yet the movie has some suspenseful and cool scenes. Only for that, this movie gets a 6/10.
P.S.: Want better action with a whole lot more of originality, and with a brain as well? Go see or re-see Ridley Scott's masterpiece "Gladiator". It will leave you much more satisfied.
Let me get from the plot to the musical score. Hans Zimmer, shame on you! What is this?! You used the theme music so many times, that it became nauseating. Your "Gladiator" music was a stroke of genius, and now you give me this garbage!
The acting was good to OK. Tom Cruise is effective as usual and so is Thandie Newton. Even in action movie, she still impresses (she was very good in "Beloved"). However, Dougray Scott needs a villainy infusion. He's very general and unthreatening. He requires villainy lessons from Tim Roth (probably the best movie villain) and Robert Carlyle (from "The World Is Not Enough"). Even Joaquin Pheonix (from "Gladiator") was better.
Yet the movie has some suspenseful and cool scenes. Only for that, this movie gets a 6/10.
P.S.: Want better action with a whole lot more of originality, and with a brain as well? Go see or re-see Ridley Scott's masterpiece "Gladiator". It will leave you much more satisfied.
The sequel to the wonderful "The Last Don" is a bit on the lighter but funnier side. Yet it works just as well. I have not seen the TV version, but the complete mini-series. It is longer (about 50 minutes) but I got more plot, more violence (the sequel is more graphic than the original) and oh, yes, more nudity (the first one had no nudity at all, and I should know since I watched the complete mini-series as well: four hours and a half). We get to admire the beauty of Andrew Jackson's buttocks. By the way, he is doing a very funny and successful imitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Most of the original cast returns. The only one who doesn't return is Daryl Hannah (who played Jason Gedrick's wife). She had been replaced by someone else, but it doesn't matter because her character is disposed off very quickly. Danny Aiello returns as the pivotal character, but he dies of old age (he was 86 years old) in the first 10 minutes. Even Joe Mantegna returns as Jason Gedrick's father, even if he was killed in the original movie. He comes in his son's dreams. Really. Give me a break. That it is the only thing that sounds shallow in this film. And again, the always fabulous Kirstie Alley comes back with a more important part: she falls in love for the first time in 30 years, with a Catholic priest nonetheless. And again her world crashes again, just when she was happy. Her last line in the movie is immortal. She tells Giorgio's future wife (Giorgio was her brother and one of her husband's killers): "I hope you will be just as happy as I was."
The sequel is a welcome continuation to the Clericuzio saga. If the Trimark bosses can hear me, bring on the third part. I can barely wait.
8/10.
P.S.: Does anyone know that "Last Don 2" was filmed in Toronto? I recognized one of the location in the movie. When Rose Marie comes to get her lover from the church, she goes to a church called "St. Cecilia Church". Well the location is very real because I pass almost every day by this church. Fellow Torontians, the church is located at the intersection of Annette St. & Pacific Ave.
Most of the original cast returns. The only one who doesn't return is Daryl Hannah (who played Jason Gedrick's wife). She had been replaced by someone else, but it doesn't matter because her character is disposed off very quickly. Danny Aiello returns as the pivotal character, but he dies of old age (he was 86 years old) in the first 10 minutes. Even Joe Mantegna returns as Jason Gedrick's father, even if he was killed in the original movie. He comes in his son's dreams. Really. Give me a break. That it is the only thing that sounds shallow in this film. And again, the always fabulous Kirstie Alley comes back with a more important part: she falls in love for the first time in 30 years, with a Catholic priest nonetheless. And again her world crashes again, just when she was happy. Her last line in the movie is immortal. She tells Giorgio's future wife (Giorgio was her brother and one of her husband's killers): "I hope you will be just as happy as I was."
The sequel is a welcome continuation to the Clericuzio saga. If the Trimark bosses can hear me, bring on the third part. I can barely wait.
8/10.
P.S.: Does anyone know that "Last Don 2" was filmed in Toronto? I recognized one of the location in the movie. When Rose Marie comes to get her lover from the church, she goes to a church called "St. Cecilia Church". Well the location is very real because I pass almost every day by this church. Fellow Torontians, the church is located at the intersection of Annette St. & Pacific Ave.
I am reviewing this movie without seeing previously "The Godfather" trilogy. I heard that they were all very good but for a made-for-TV drama, "The Last Don" is wonderful.
Don Clericuzio (Danny Aiello) is the central character of the movie. Everyone around him gravitates around him somehow. He has several sons, and when the youngest of them is killed by a rival family, he vows revenge. He sees the opportunity of getting even when his only daughter, Rose Marie, falls in love with the youngest son of the rival don. He has Rose Marie's brand new husband taken from the marital bed (with Rose Marie helplessly watching) and killed. That was enough to make her lose her mind. Aided by her craziness, she will hate her father and her brothers all her life. And I will stop here because the plot is getting too complicated and it would take me a huge amount of time to write it down.
The performances are as important as the stars. Danny Aiello is very effective in his portrayal of the Don. Jason Gedrick shows some genuine talent under that handsome face of his. But sincerely, Kirstie Alley, as the adult Rose Marie, steals the show. Though at times underused, when she is on the screen she overshadows all her co-stars. A lot of other famous people star in fantastic piece of work: Joe Mantegna (as the Don's executioner), Penelope Ann Miller (as Mantegna's wife), Daryl Hannah (as major movie star Athena Aquitane and Jason Gedrick's girlfriend), etc.
"The Last Don" is not a masterpiece, but it certainly comes very close. 8/10.
P.S.: The movie version I've seen was the complete mini-series. Four and a half hours uncut. You need a lot of patience with this film but it is worth every minute of it.
Don Clericuzio (Danny Aiello) is the central character of the movie. Everyone around him gravitates around him somehow. He has several sons, and when the youngest of them is killed by a rival family, he vows revenge. He sees the opportunity of getting even when his only daughter, Rose Marie, falls in love with the youngest son of the rival don. He has Rose Marie's brand new husband taken from the marital bed (with Rose Marie helplessly watching) and killed. That was enough to make her lose her mind. Aided by her craziness, she will hate her father and her brothers all her life. And I will stop here because the plot is getting too complicated and it would take me a huge amount of time to write it down.
The performances are as important as the stars. Danny Aiello is very effective in his portrayal of the Don. Jason Gedrick shows some genuine talent under that handsome face of his. But sincerely, Kirstie Alley, as the adult Rose Marie, steals the show. Though at times underused, when she is on the screen she overshadows all her co-stars. A lot of other famous people star in fantastic piece of work: Joe Mantegna (as the Don's executioner), Penelope Ann Miller (as Mantegna's wife), Daryl Hannah (as major movie star Athena Aquitane and Jason Gedrick's girlfriend), etc.
"The Last Don" is not a masterpiece, but it certainly comes very close. 8/10.
P.S.: The movie version I've seen was the complete mini-series. Four and a half hours uncut. You need a lot of patience with this film but it is worth every minute of it.