When Mission Impossible 2 came out years after the original in the year 2000, it felt like one of those "late" at the time disappointing sequels that would have been one and done and killed off the franchise. If you look at rotten tomatoes, Mission Impossible 2 has the lowest scores of the franchise.
Back then it didn't seem like Tom Cruise would even continue Mission Impossible after that, and John Woo seemed to have an obsession with slow-motion motorcycle crashes and Tom constantly flashing his long hair around and smiling. If it weren't for Ving Rhames in the movie it would feel entirely divorced from the rest of the franchise. Like one of those "late sequel movies" nobody ever talks about. Man I can't get over Tom Cruise's hair in this movie.
The tonal whiplash is crazy too. Mission Impossible always had some humor and cheese in every movie, but MI:2 takes it to absurd levels. It feels more like an action superhero movie rather than an espionage/spy movie. It's just weird to look back on it now before Mission Impossible 3 happened and then it was obvious the franchise took off from there.