Movie Review: Mission Impossible II

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Terrorism was not a highly published problem within the United States. Media did not cover this topic and domestic terrorism situations were almost unheard. This changed on September 11, 2001. The 9/11 terrorist attack against the World Trade Center twin towers made Americans aware of how vulnerable was the United States. Airport security issues skyrocketed and the criminal justice system took a 360 change in policies and procedures. New organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security were created with the specific task of handling terrorist threats, and the bills such as the patriotic Act were enacted. American became aware of “strangers” mingled among them and commenced to relate terrorism with race. But what made the country edgier than anything else was the fear of facing a new terrorist attack. Terrorism can come in various forms, for example: cyberterrorism, revolutionary terrorism, nuclear terrorism and bioterrorism. Nowadays, terrorism is an extremely debatable topic, and ever trying to make the United States a safer place to live.

Mission Impossible II is an action film from 2000 directed by John Woo, where Tom cruise acts as the main character, Ethan Hunt. The movie starts with Dr. Vladimir narrating how in the search for a hero, they have created the villain, a virus named chimera. He wants to travel to the United States, and he will only do so with Ethan. The problem is that he is on vacations and cannot be located. The IMF sends agent Sean Ambrose, disguised as Ethan Hunt. The airplane is hijacked, and made it seem as if they are suffering a problem with the airplane. Passengers are put to sleep with inhalants coming from the oxygen mask. Dr. Vladimir is killed and the virus, chimera is taken along ...

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