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On the cusp of turning 50, it looks like Tom Cruise has entered a new phase of self-conception with a more maturely controlled version of superspy Ethan Hunt in the sleek and supercharged Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. The things Cruise has done right in M: I part four include toning down his youthful, arrogant preening and letting his cast mates share more of the spotlight (Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, and Simon Pegg all have some terrifically shiny moments). He also lets the unique creative vision of director Brad Bird shine through in a first live-action outing for the acclaimed helm of Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. Still looking much younger than his years (that hair! those pecs! those abs!), Cruise is playing more age-appropriately, letting a little wisdom and grace seep into his charisma so the wattage of his mere presence smoulders a little deeper. It's a nice nod to a greying generation that says you can get older and still be cool. All that is not to say he doesn't play up his action-star chops to the max. In a mostly inconsequential narrative arc that has something to do with purloined nuclear launch codes, an important metal briefcase, satellite uplinks, and global annihilation that leaps from Moscow to Dubai to Mumbai, Cruise is as dangerously nimble as he has ever been. He dangles one-handed from the tallest building in the world, bounds off ledges, springs out of speeding vehicles, tumbles and careens up and down the levels of an automated parking garage, and generally sprints and jumps his way across the movie with only a scratch or bruise to show for it. Also on the outlandish upside is a happily stereotypical villain straight out of Connery-era Bond and as many bleeding-edge gadgets as the art department techno-geeks could dream up. A running gag is that many of these electronic fantasy tools fail at just the wrong moment, which is part of a larger wink acknowledging how utterly preposterous yet ingeniously conceived this behemoth of a movie really is. The gadgetry is not limited just to the miraculous props. Ghost Protocol employs CGI fakery of the highest order from the sub-industry of effects contractors that ratchet up the standard of computing power and software design, one-upping each successive action-adventure extravaganza. The loving detail that goes into blowing up the Kremlin or rendering a photo-realistic sandstorm erupting across the enhanced skyline of an Oz-like desert city is nothing short of miraculous. What's more astonishing is that Tom Cruise closes the deal with a selling power that's as new and improved as the laminates on his multi-million-dollar teeth. --Ted Fry
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No plan. No backup. No choice. Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his elite team (Jeremy Renner - Avengers and Simon Pegg - Star Trek) go underground after bombing of the Kremlin implicates the IMF as international terrorists.
While trying to clear the agency's name, the team uncovers a plot to start a nuclear war. Now, to save the world, they must use every high-tech trick in the book.
The mission has never been more real, more dangerous or more impossible.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After being a big fan of Mission Impossible it seemed only right to delve into the world of Ghost Protocol. I had high hopes for this film as I think many other fans did, but after hearing how impractical some of the plot ideas were I have to admit to being a little put off and avoided watching it until the crowds died down. Now that I've seen it though, I wish I hadn't waited so long - it was brilliant.
So why was it any good? There's no point in me expressing how great it is if I can't tell you why you might think so too. So with that said, the general idea for this movie: The IMF (The team of Ethan Hunt/Tom Cruise and the gang) must attempt to derail plans for a nuclear war between America and Russia. Why the nuclear war? Well IMF have been framed. For bombing the Kremlin. This brings about the "Ghost Protocol" were individuals of the IMF team must go it alone to try and prove their innocence - not to mention tracking down the real baddies.
I was glad to see the return of Benji, Simon Pegg's character, he really did make the film at times for me - nobody likes a serious MI film. The remaining agents, Jane and Brandt are interesting in their own right though with quite big roles to play (and an interesting twist). But what most people notice the most appears to be all the gadgets, or at least that's what I could hear people chatting about during the movie. It's crammed full of cars, some pretty unique gadgets (of questionable practicality) and some jam-packed action sequences; some of which have great impact and are executed really well.
Was it "bum-on-the-edge-of-the-seat" good? Yes! I would urge you to watch this, I was tensed and excited throughout. I'm so relieved I wasn't disappointed and couldn't care less whether the gadgets would actually work or the stunts wouldn't actually kill you - it would have been boring without these features.
So why was it any good? There's no point in me expressing how great it is if I can't tell you why you might think so too. So with that said, the general idea for this movie: The IMF (The team of Ethan Hunt/Tom Cruise and the gang) must attempt to derail plans for a nuclear war between America and Russia. Why the nuclear war? Well IMF have been framed. For bombing the Kremlin. This brings about the "Ghost Protocol" were individuals of the IMF team must go it alone to try and prove their innocence - not to mention tracking down the real baddies.
I was glad to see the return of Benji, Simon Pegg's character, he really did make the film at times for me - nobody likes a serious MI film. The remaining agents, Jane and Brandt are interesting in their own right though with quite big roles to play (and an interesting twist). But what most people notice the most appears to be all the gadgets, or at least that's what I could hear people chatting about during the movie. It's crammed full of cars, some pretty unique gadgets (of questionable practicality) and some jam-packed action sequences; some of which have great impact and are executed really well.
Was it "bum-on-the-edge-of-the-seat" good? Yes! I would urge you to watch this, I was tensed and excited throughout. I'm so relieved I wasn't disappointed and couldn't care less whether the gadgets would actually work or the stunts wouldn't actually kill you - it would have been boring without these features.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is one of those movies where you are probably best advised to leave most of your brain at home. Think too much and you'll find plot holes and ludicrous improbabilities. This may taint your enjoyment of what is surely one of the most exciting films ever to hit the big screen. For this is a pulsating, heart-pumping popcorn movie of the highest quality.
The plot revolves around the attempts of IMF, headed by Agent Ethan Hunt (a very cool and unflustered Tom Cruise), to prevent nuclear war between the USA and Russia after the Kremlin is bombed and IMF framed for the attack. The team is disavowed with the `Ghost Protocol', a black ops contingency, forcing the remaining members to continue alone to attempt to prove their innocence and find the real terrorists behind the bombing in a globe-trotting rogue mission. Support for Hunt comes in the form of the remaining 3 agents of IMF; technology nerd Benji (Simon Pegg); Jane Carter (Paula Patton) and Brandt (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner), an analyst hiding a deep secret.
In a move that will surely have the creators of Bond 23 reaching for the smelling salts, director Brad Bird (whose only previous directing credits are animated films) packs the film with fast cars, gadgets (albeit with some dubious science) and audacious stunts. Bird's handling of the action scenes is masterful, bringing the same flair and sophistication that he exhibited in his Pixar features `The Incredibles' and `Ratatouille'. By this evidence he was the perfect man to take the Mission Impossible franchise to a whole different level. Ghost Protocol isn't just better than its three predecessors; it obliterates them, and in terms of its sense of fun and for sheer white-knuckle excitement, its one of the best action films I have ever seen.
In one vertigo inducing scene, Hunt scales several floors of the Burj Khalifa (the world's tallest building) 100 storeys up. This scene is so breathtakingly well filmed that it will surely induce toe curling and gasping from anyone with even a slight fear of heights. One of the scariest five minutes of any film I can remember. In another sequence, Hunt chases a fleeing villain first on foot and then by car through a raging Dubai sandstorm. Before its release to blu-ray and DVD, I would urge you to watch on an IMAX screen if you can.
The frequency and ferocity of the big action set pieces may mask a slight lack of character depth and development. Ethan Hunt is probably not the most interesting or complex of heroes and the villains feel a tad underwritten, though actress Lea Seydoux puts in an eye-catching turn as a sultry French assassin. But it would be churlish of me to suggest that this spoiled my enjoyment of the film one iota. Ghost Protocol may not have great depth or meaning, but it is certainly tense and thrilling and in its finest moments, utterly awesome entertainment. 9/10.
The plot revolves around the attempts of IMF, headed by Agent Ethan Hunt (a very cool and unflustered Tom Cruise), to prevent nuclear war between the USA and Russia after the Kremlin is bombed and IMF framed for the attack. The team is disavowed with the `Ghost Protocol', a black ops contingency, forcing the remaining members to continue alone to attempt to prove their innocence and find the real terrorists behind the bombing in a globe-trotting rogue mission. Support for Hunt comes in the form of the remaining 3 agents of IMF; technology nerd Benji (Simon Pegg); Jane Carter (Paula Patton) and Brandt (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner), an analyst hiding a deep secret.
In a move that will surely have the creators of Bond 23 reaching for the smelling salts, director Brad Bird (whose only previous directing credits are animated films) packs the film with fast cars, gadgets (albeit with some dubious science) and audacious stunts. Bird's handling of the action scenes is masterful, bringing the same flair and sophistication that he exhibited in his Pixar features `The Incredibles' and `Ratatouille'. By this evidence he was the perfect man to take the Mission Impossible franchise to a whole different level. Ghost Protocol isn't just better than its three predecessors; it obliterates them, and in terms of its sense of fun and for sheer white-knuckle excitement, its one of the best action films I have ever seen.
In one vertigo inducing scene, Hunt scales several floors of the Burj Khalifa (the world's tallest building) 100 storeys up. This scene is so breathtakingly well filmed that it will surely induce toe curling and gasping from anyone with even a slight fear of heights. One of the scariest five minutes of any film I can remember. In another sequence, Hunt chases a fleeing villain first on foot and then by car through a raging Dubai sandstorm. Before its release to blu-ray and DVD, I would urge you to watch on an IMAX screen if you can.
The frequency and ferocity of the big action set pieces may mask a slight lack of character depth and development. Ethan Hunt is probably not the most interesting or complex of heroes and the villains feel a tad underwritten, though actress Lea Seydoux puts in an eye-catching turn as a sultry French assassin. But it would be churlish of me to suggest that this spoiled my enjoyment of the film one iota. Ghost Protocol may not have great depth or meaning, but it is certainly tense and thrilling and in its finest moments, utterly awesome entertainment. 9/10.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
MI4 is very different from MI1 (can't remember MI2, not seen MI3). That took itself quite seriously and was in the mold of the more 'gritty' action films like Ronin and the latest Bond films. That was great, but maybe by now the formula would have been running thin. The addition of Simon Pegg to the cast of MI4 gave it an unmistakably 'Pegg' humorous feel - he is very much channelling Shaun of the Dead - and there were many genuinely funny moments, solely thanks to him.
What else is good? The opening prison breakout scenes, chases in Moscow, the Kremlin infiltration and the Burj Khalifa hotel action were fantastic, sweaty-palmed bits, quite as good as some of the best Bond. I saw MI4 on the giant Vue Xtreme screen and it definitely benefited from that for some of the most spectacular bits - like familiar national monuments being blown up and assailed.
Ok, now to the 'however'. However... I felt the plot and the baddie were way, way under-developed. The basic idea of a team of 4 people out to prevent nuclear apocalypse on their own is all fine. But somehow I just stopped caring about any of it, and after the first 30-40 minutes the film becomes an excuse for jetting you around the world for an action sequence here or there and a showcase of the new BMW (and iPhone/iPad!).
Unfortunately the action becomes tamer and tamer - I mean, at the end, with nuclear war seconds away, Ethan Hunt is wrestling with an out-of-puff middle-aged man in a car park?? Another big problem is that the baddie is utterly un-convincing. We see very little of him, he is a Swiss academic for God's sake, and about as malevolently evil as a tax inspector. He also only has ONE henchman! What, did SPECTRE have to downsize in the face of the economic crisis? And he is definitely not cool/capable enough to be a lone baddie. The end result is that with seconds left to Armageddon, when it's over, you don't really get the same wave of relief in the face of overwhelming odds as in other films and it's all a bit of an anti-climactic fizzle (despite the fact that the good guys have just about every of their efforts squashed towards the end).
Overall, there is enough action and spectacular set-ups and the four characters are well-acted, to keep you entertained. But I feel that given its massive 2 1/4 hour running time, the baddie's resources and motives should have been given far more attention and for me that seriously weakens a film. Surely a memorable baddie counts for at least 50% of a film like this?
What else is good? The opening prison breakout scenes, chases in Moscow, the Kremlin infiltration and the Burj Khalifa hotel action were fantastic, sweaty-palmed bits, quite as good as some of the best Bond. I saw MI4 on the giant Vue Xtreme screen and it definitely benefited from that for some of the most spectacular bits - like familiar national monuments being blown up and assailed.
Ok, now to the 'however'. However... I felt the plot and the baddie were way, way under-developed. The basic idea of a team of 4 people out to prevent nuclear apocalypse on their own is all fine. But somehow I just stopped caring about any of it, and after the first 30-40 minutes the film becomes an excuse for jetting you around the world for an action sequence here or there and a showcase of the new BMW (and iPhone/iPad!).
Unfortunately the action becomes tamer and tamer - I mean, at the end, with nuclear war seconds away, Ethan Hunt is wrestling with an out-of-puff middle-aged man in a car park?? Another big problem is that the baddie is utterly un-convincing. We see very little of him, he is a Swiss academic for God's sake, and about as malevolently evil as a tax inspector. He also only has ONE henchman! What, did SPECTRE have to downsize in the face of the economic crisis? And he is definitely not cool/capable enough to be a lone baddie. The end result is that with seconds left to Armageddon, when it's over, you don't really get the same wave of relief in the face of overwhelming odds as in other films and it's all a bit of an anti-climactic fizzle (despite the fact that the good guys have just about every of their efforts squashed towards the end).
Overall, there is enough action and spectacular set-ups and the four characters are well-acted, to keep you entertained. But I feel that given its massive 2 1/4 hour running time, the baddie's resources and motives should have been given far more attention and for me that seriously weakens a film. Surely a memorable baddie counts for at least 50% of a film like this?
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this film isbrilliant as always tom cruis is exelent in what he does best the sandstorm was good andthe high tower was excerlent .xxx joan
Published 6 hours ago by joan hunt
EDGE OF SEAT FILM
EDGE OF SEAT ACTION, KNOWING TOM CRUISE FILMS ITS VERY GOOD. WHEN HIS SUCKER GLOVE COMES LOOSE OFF THE GLASS WINDOW, ITS A REAL SHOCK THINKING HES GOING TO FALL DOWN 10 FLOORS
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clever but lacking something....
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Published 3 days ago by JrF
Must watch!
Very exciting film and wonderful views of Dubai. The best Mission Impossible film so far? Definitely worth watching! Buy it!!
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I LOVE this film!! Not only is it an excellent action/suspense film but the fond memories of my childhood watching the series leaves me warm & fuzzy!! Read more
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