Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
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- Cast:
- Tom Cruise , Paula Patton , Simon Pegg , Jeremy Renner , Michael Nyqvist , Vladimir Mashkov , Samuli Edelmann
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Nice effects though.
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
I like III better. This story is totally a bit boring. And this series doesn't explain what IMF really is. I want to know more about it.
The stunts and sequences are even better than that of its stellar predecessor (see the hotel con and climb, insane parking garage fight), but the characters are not (Pegg's comic relief aside) and the main plot starts to get a little silly, morphing into a bit of a cliche end-of-the-world deal complete with Euro villains. To its credit, it does embrace some of its ridiculousness (see Hunt's failed "Mission accomplished!"). Not to its credit are the terrible placecards (Verdana of all fonts??).
One of the best opening sequences ever and with a great Deal Martin song as background. This is the movie that got me hooked on the MI series. I grew up watching the TV series so wondered how the films would be. I like them all with this is my favorite so far. Like Tom Cruise or not he is in his element. Great action, a little humor with Simon Pegg and exciting story. What's not to like.
If I had to rank the Mission: Impossible movies, it would be 1, 3, 4 and then 2. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol had a lot of cool scenes and fun gadgets, but the story was a bit contrived and it seemed repetitive. Still, it was a fun ride and I'd probably watch it again.