"We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is left spinning in slow motion after the hotly anticipated sequel to Mission: Impossible (1996). Bigger and cooler than ever, Tom Cruise elected John Woo to helm a bombastic, operatic adventure that proved "difficult" was not such a walk in the park for the megastar in Mission: Impossible II.

His special guest is fresh into the decade, it's Craig McKenzie! Runner of
kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast!

Together they have just 20 hours to figure out how exactly things got out of control with this sequel on cruise control. Why is so much of it a tourist advertisement for Australia? Why does it focus so heavily on the 'Bond girl' romance over actual spycraft? Will Tom Cruise ever acknowledge this entry in the later sequels?

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

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Guest

Craig McKenzie

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Executive Producer

A. J. Black

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Title and opening music:

'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com

'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

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