The 747 hijack: 'Ethan' peels off his face and crashes the plane
Nekhorvich trusts the friend beside him with Chimera, until the cabin pressure drops, the mask comes off and Ambrose's crew bails out.
Film · 2000
Mission: Impossible II
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
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Ethan Hunt's Best Moments
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Every Mission: Impossible II moment featuring Ethan Hunt, in story order. Played by Tom Cruise.
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Sean Ambrose's Best Moments
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Every Mission: Impossible II moment featuring Sean Ambrose, in story order. Played by Dougray Scott.
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Luther Stickell's Best Moments
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Every Mission: Impossible II moment featuring Luther Stickell, in story order. Played by Ving Rhames.
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Billy Baird's Best Moments
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Every Mission: Impossible II moment featuring Billy Baird, in story order. Played by John Polson.
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Nyah Hall's Best Moments
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Every Mission: Impossible II moment featuring Nyah Hall, in story order. Played by Thandiwe Newton.
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Hugh Stamp's Best Moments
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- 01
- 02
Ethan's free solo cliff climb and the sunglasses briefing
A rope-free climb over a canyon to rock music, capped by the classic briefing and a cheeky reply about holidays.
- 03
Ethan learns Ambrose stole his face to bring down the plane
In Seville, Ethan's boss plays Nekhorvich's plea and reveals who was sent in Ethan's place on the doomed flight.
- 04
'This is not Mission Difficult': Ethan is told Nyah's real job
Ethan objects to using Nyah as bait for her ex; his boss answers with the franchise's most famous put-down.
- 05
Nyah asks Ethan if this is personal before agreeing
After seeing what Ambrose does, Nyah presses Ethan on whether he wants her to go, and he can't quite say no.
- 06
Billy and Luther meet: Gucci shoes and a helicopter
The eager new pilot Billy introduces himself while Luther grumbles about his shoes and the slow satellite.
- 07
Ethan decodes Chimera and Bellerophon from the Greek myth
Ethan explains the monster-and-hero myth to Luther and works out what Nekhorvich built: a virus and its cure.
- 08
Ambrose takes Stamp's fingertip over Nyah
Counting a £37 million bid, Ambrose answers Stamp's doubts about Nyah with a blade to his finger and a leering speech.
- 09
The racetrack pickpocket: lifting Ambrose's memory card
Guided by Ethan's earpiece, Nyah charms Ambrose into a bet and lifts the envelope while Billy deals with a tail.
- 10
Ethan sees what Chimera does and orders Nyah out
The stolen photos show a victim's last hours; Ethan begs Nyah to quit as Stamp closes in, and Ambrose checks the wrong pocket.
- 11
McCloy confesses to a dead man who turns out to be Ethan
Convinced he is infected, McCloy rants at the 'resurrected' Nekhorvich and admits the scheme, until the mask comes off.
- 12
The Biocyte break-in: rooftop drop and destroying the virus
Ethan leaps from a chopper through the atrium on a 40-second window, then torches Chimera stocks while Luther spots Nyah inside.
- 13
Ambrose and Hunt face off over the last Chimera
Ambrose mocks Ethan's grin, Ethan needles him back about the plane, and Nyah is dragged out as leverage.
- 14
Nyah injects herself with Chimera
Sent for the injection gun, Nyah makes herself the only carrier, leaving Ethan a ticking clock and a promise.
- 15
Ambrose's stock-option plot to unleash Chimera on Sydney
Ambrose tells McCloy he wants stock, not cash, and lays out how an outbreak will make him owner of Biocyte.
- 16
Ambrose executes 'Hunt', but it is Stamp in a mask
Ethan is caught and dragged to Ambrose, who gloats and shoots, only to discover he has killed his own man.
- 17
Shootout and escape from Ambrose's compound
Doves and a requiem as Ethan shoots his way out of the fortress and bikes off over the bridge with Luther covering.
- 18
The motorcycle chase and head-on joust
Racing to reach Nyah on the cliffs, Ethan and Ambrose duel on motorbikes through a firefight before colliding mid-air.
- 19
Ethan and Ambrose's beach fight to the finish
A brutal hand-to-hand brawl on the sand while Luther and Billy find Nyah at the cliff edge, ending in a final shot.
- 20
Debrief and a vacation Ethan promises to report
Ethan explains the virus's fiery fate, wins Nyah a clean record, and closes the film's running joke before going off with her.