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Mission: Impossible 2 Was A Bad Movie - And A Crucial Box Office Hit For Tom Cruise

Mission: Impossible 2 might be the worst-rated film in the franchise, but it's responsible for the continued adventures of Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.

The film centers on Ethan Hunt (Cruise), who must partner up with pro thief Nyah Hall (Thandiwe Newton) to stop a renegade agent named Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from releasing a biological weapon dubbed the Chimera virus. It was during the press tour for Steven Spielberg's 2005 remake of the sci-fi classic that Cruise famously went on "Oprah" and lost his mind about his then-future wife (now ex) Katie Holmes. It also set up a nice run for cruise that included "Jack Reacher" and "Edge of Tomorrow," among others, culminating in yet another adventure as Ethan Hunt in 2011's "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol" becoming by far the biggest hit in the series to date with $695 million worldwide.

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