Tom Cruise. Leather jackets. Exploding motorcycles. That one slow-motion dove.

It’s Joe's first time watching Mission: Impossible 2, and Lamar has been quoting this movie since he was a kid.

We dive into John Woo’s ultra-stylized action spectacle filled with doves, slow-motion gunfights, motorcycle fu, and more Tom Cruise hair than necessary. Does this early-2000s action classic hold up? Or is nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?

Join us for a first-timer’s honest reaction and a fan’s passionate defense of MI2 — the wildest entry in the franchise.