Mission: Impossible II
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Mission: Impossible II

Year:
Duration:
123 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6
Director:
John Woo
Awards:
10 wins & 18 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2000-05-24
Filming Locations: Argyle Place, The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Earnings
Budget: $125,000,000
Opening Weekend: $57,845,297 (USA) (28 May 2000)
Gross: $215,409,889 (USA) (19 October 2000)
Cast
Actor
Character
Tom Cruise
Ethan Hunt
Dougray Scott
Sean Ambrose
Thandie Newton
Nyah Nordoff-Hall
Ving Rhames
Luther Stickell
Richard Roxburgh
Hugh Stamp
John Polson
Billy Baird
Brendan Gleeson
John C. McCloy
Rade Serbedzija
Dr. Nekhorvich
William Mapother
Wallis
Dominic Purcell
Ulrich
Mathew Wilkinson
Michael
Nicholas Bell
Accountant
Cristina Brogeras
Flamenco Dancer
Kee Chan
Chemist
Kim Fleming
Larrabee
Alan Lovell
Biocyte Security Guard #2
Dan Luxton
Relief Pilot
Christian Manon
Dr. Gradsky
Karl McMillan
Biocyte Security Guard #1
Lester Morris
Bookie
Kelly Ons
Flamenco Dancer
Nicholas Papademetriou
Prison Guard #2
Brett Partridge
Biocyte Security Guard #3
Candice Partridge
Flamenco Dancer
Natalie Reis
Flamenco Dancer
Daniel Roberts
Co-Pilot
Adriana Rodríguez
Flamenco Dancer
Sandra Rodríguez
Flamenco Dancer
Nada Rogic
Flamenco Dancer
Antonio Vargas
Senor De L'Arena
Alison Araya
Girl (uncredited)
Rebecca Barratt
Art Teacher (uncredited)
Mark Connolly
Gate Guard #1
Ryder Davis
Server (uncredited)
Anthony Hopkins
Mission Commander Swanbeck
Patrick Marber
Train Driver
William Morts
Man with Mission Rocket in Helicopter
Tory Mussett
Flamenco Guest (uncredited)
Paul Roget
Spanish Party Goer
Shant Sarkissian
Party Attendant
Darren Dupree Washington
Nightclub Patron
Did you know?
Trivia
Picture editor Tony Ciccone was badly injured in a motorcycle accident on his way to work and was unable to finish the movie. It took almost a year of physical therapy for him to regain full use of his hands.
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Theatrical trailer shows three extended scenes which are not in the movie; Ethan saying "Welcome to Australia, mate" to Luther when they first meet, extra line of dialogue by Swanbeck in the ending where he says to Ethan "Well, Mr. Hunt. I don't quite know where to begin", and Ethan charging at Sean and two of them falling off the cliff. Originally this scene happened right after they crash their bikes and before their fight on the beach. Making of documentary where stunts from the movie are discussed also shows some behind the scenes footage from filming of this scene and couple shots from it; motorbike flying towards camera which is buried in the ground, Ethan and Sean lying on ground after crashing into each other when the other crashed motorbike explodes, and Ethan running towards Sean.
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The sunglasses that Tom Cruise wears at the climax of the climbing scene providing him with his mission brief are modified Oakley Romeos that are now discontinued. They were modified for their appearance in the film in three ways: the ear stems are different (the commercially available model had curved ear stems while the movie version has straight stems), the lenses used in the film aren't mirrored (to prevent the film crew being seen in the reflection) and the most obvious modification being the earpieces grafted on to the frames.
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Goofs
When Ethan Hunt gets his mission objectives by the sunglasses the camera can be seen in them.
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During the car chase with Nyah, we can see shadows from the front window frame on Ethan's face. They disappear in close-ups.
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The cliffs Nyah is about to jump off are east of Sydney but Luther and Billy fly west over the city to get there. Further, they are much more than the stated two kilometers away.
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Quotes
Hugh Stamp: Why do you think she's really here?
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Dr. Nekhorvich: Well, I've heard...
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Billy Baird: You OK, mate?
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Faq
Q
Whose gun did Ethan Hunt find in the sand at the end of the film?
A
His own gun. For the assault on Bare Island, Ethan carried two guns...a Beretta 92F carried in a shoulder holster and a H & K USP carried in a holster by the small of his back. When the two motorcycles crash, Hunt's USP falls onto the beach. When Hunt and Ambrose start fighting, there is a close-up of Hunt's Beretta falling out of his holster. This is the gun Ambrose finds at the end of the film. Hunt uses the other gun, the USP. There are many viewers who maintain that this is a continuity mistake and cite the fact that Hunt used TWO Berettas in the BioCyte shootout, not a Beretta and a USP. They say the gun Hunt fires at the end belongs to Ambrose, even though he was using a Browning BDA during the motorcycle chase. The decision to have Hunt use a different gun at the end was possibly taken to avoid confusion by having the two men fire the same model of gun. The shooting script states that the gun Hunt finds in the sand at the end of the film belongs to Hunt.
Q
A Note Regarding Spoilers
A
The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
Q
How does Ambrose plan to benefit from expected rise in Biocyte stock?
A
Ambrose buys 480,000 call option contracts, each giving him the right to buy 100 shares of Biocyte from the contract writer at specified price of $31/share on or before a specified date. Thus he owns call options on 48mn (100*480,000) shares of Biocyte, having paid a total of $30mn for these options. This payment (for the right to buy a stock at a predetermined price) is called a call premium. So the call premium per share works out to $0.625. When the stock price of Biocyte is supposed to hit $200 as per his expectation, he plans to exercise his options, walking away with a profit of $8.08bn! calculated as -> ((200 - 31 - 0.625)*48mn)!
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