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Mission: Impossible 2

Mission: Impossible 2

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
The IMF forces with honorable intentions and great courage once again defeat a formidable enemy. Good triumphs over evil.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Almost continuous action and violence beginning with a harrowing plane crash and explosion in which everyone aboard is killed. That is soon followed by a sequence that shows scary images of cell destruction caused by a deadly virus. The film's hero is a one man army, punching, using martial arts, driving skills, gunfire, and athleticism (including dangling from a sheer precipice) to fend off dozens of villains. Bodies fly; vehicles explode; automatic weapons are fired; a man’s fingertip is cut off using a cigar clipper. There are point-blank shootings, flame throwers, lengthy hand-to-hand combat sequences, and high speed chases with careening, crashing vehicles.
Sex
Playful sexual innuendo when two characters are forced to hide in a bathtub together. Very soon afterward, they kiss passionately, start to undress, then are seen in post-sexual cuddling with only bare shoulders visible. More embraces and kisses follow as the relationship intensifies. It is implied that the film’s heroine will voluntarily resume a former sexual affair in order to trap a villain.
Language
Infrequent swearing including: "s--t," "ass," "bitch," "damn," "hell," and "bastard."
Consumerism
Bulgari brand is visible. The franchise has a heavy marketing component.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Not applicable
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