If you loved Mission: Impossible II, try Paycheck
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Paycheck has roughly 3.7× fewer votes than Mission: Impossible II — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by John Woo, and they sit in Action / Adventure / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mission: Impossible II, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Paycheck is
A neon-lit parking garage at midnight. A lone envelope taped under the wheel well. Two years of erased memories rewritten by scattered notes and a dead man’s business card. Failsafe for the paranoid—John Woo directs the paperwork of dread.

