Mission: Impossible 2
Movie, 2000, Ethan Hunt, Set in 2000
Mission: Impossible 2 is #4 of 10 in release order and #2 of 10 in chronological order in the Mission: Impossible.
The story
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
Mission: Impossible 2 recap
Sean Ambrose, a rogue IMF agent, uses a mask of Ethan Hunt to steal Chimera, a deadly engineered virus, killing its creator, Dr. Nekhorvich, who was carrying the only cure, Bellerophon. IMF chief Swanbeck sends Ethan to recruit Nyah Nordoff-Hall, a professional thief and Ambrose's former girlfriend, to spy on him. Ethan and Nyah fall for each other, but she goes back to Ambrose in Sydney. Ambrose plans to release Chimera and profit from the cure through stock options in the pharmaceutical company Biocyte, which made both. Ethan breaks into Biocyte to destroy the virus, but Ambrose catches Nyah, and she injects herself with the last sample of Chimera to keep it from him. She has 20 hours before she dies.
Mission: Impossible 2 ending explained
Ethan gets the Bellerophon cure, fights his way through Ambrose's men on a motorcycle chase, and kills Ambrose in a fistfight on the beach. Luther gets the cure to Nyah in time, her criminal record is cleared, and she and Ethan meet again in a Sydney park.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Mission: Impossible 2
Mission: Impossible 2 is streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, and Pluto TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 58%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Mission: Impossible, before Mission: Impossible III.
- Chronological order: after Mission: Impossible, before Mission: Impossible III.
What to watch before Mission: Impossible 2
Mission: Impossible (1996), which Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) continues.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
- Dougray Scott as Sean Ambrose
- Thandiwe Newton as Nyah Hall
- Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
- Richard Roxburgh as Hugh Stamp
- John Polson as Billy Baird
- Brendan Gleeson as McCloy
- Rade Šerbedžija as Dr. Nekhorvich
- William Mapother as Wallis
- Dominic Purcell as Ulrich
- Mathew Wilkinson as Michael
- Nicholas Bell as McCloy's Accountant
Directed by John Woo.