Mission: Impossible II

Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is a 2000 film directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise, the film's producer. It is a sequel to Brian De Palma's 1996 film Mission: Impossible with Cruise returning as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. The film finds Hunt teaming up with former partner Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames), professional thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) and helicopter pilot Billy Baird (John Polson) in order to thwart the plans of former IMF agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott). The film also stars Brendan Gleeson, Richard Roxburgh and Anthony Hopkins in an uncredited role as Hunt's overseer Swanbeck. The movie's plot involves a virus which is named after the Chimera creature from Greek mythology. Sean Ambrose plans to release the virus and then make money from selling the antidote. Several characters use the mask disguises as in the first Mission: Impossible film. The pre-title sequence involves a Boeing 747 seized over the Colorado Rockies where the virus... full article at wikipedia