A romantic action thriller that plunges special agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) into an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

Fellow agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) has gone rogue, stealing a sample of a deadly synthetic virus named Chimera that could rapidly wipe out the world's population. Ambrose's plan is to sell Chimera to the highest bidder in exchange for shares of stock in the winner's company.

Summoned by the new IMF chief (Anthony Hopkins in an uncredited cameo role), Ethan is assigned to recruit the help of Ambrose's former lover Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton), a gorgeous woman who left Ambrose broken-hearted and who may be able to quickly regain his confidence.

With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and Nyah on his mind, Hunt races across Australia and Spain on what seems like an impossible mission — to stop a villain before he can fulfill his own destructive mission.

source: M:I2 press kit and All Movie Guide