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Mission Impossible [VHS] [1996]

VHS ~ Tom Cruise
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno
  • Directors: Brian De Palma
  • Writers: Bruce Geller, David Koepp, Robert Towne, Steven Zaillian
  • Producers: J.C. Calciano, Paul Hitchcock, Paula Wagner
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English, French
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Oct 1997
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CTGX
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,608 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Mission: Impossible was one of the best action blockbusters of the 1990s, deriving a quality unique amongst its peers from the tension between Brian De Palma's directorial stylisation and the overriding presence of its star and producer, Tom Cruise. Cruise plays Special Forces agent Ethan Hunt, disavowed as a traitor by his own superiors and forced to uncover the true mole to prove his innocence. The original 1960s television series provides not only the wonderful musical motif, but also the layered complexity of false realities and masked identities, which are revealed with the playful conjuring of a Russian doll.

This was Cruise's last movie as an angst-ridden youth (next stop was Jerry Maguire and the trials of family life) and he presents Ethan Hunt as caught between his heroic physical prowess and a trusting emotional naïvety that is painfully punctured by the treachery of those around him. Hollywood heavyweights Jon Voight (Heat) and Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) are both excellent in support, while the remaining cast reads like an identikit of European cinema, including Emanuelle Beart, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jean Reno (Leon).

De Palma's trademark set-pieces include a giant exploding fishtank in Prague, a helicopter chase through the Channel Tunnel, and, most notably, a break-in to steal a vital disc from CIA headquarters in Langley. The moment in the latter when, in almost complete silence, Cruise dangles precariously from a cable and just catches a bead of sweat before it triggers the floor alarm is as sublimely exhilarating as any in American movies of the last 10 years.

On the DVD: Aside from basic language and chapter selection the disc is devoid of any extras, leaving us to wait for the behind-the-scenes story of the numerous rewrites and wrangling that reportedly beset production. On a more positive note, the picture and sound quality fully realise the film's highly stylised surface beauty and effects-laden kinetic energy. --Steve Napleton



Synopsis

A team of secret agents, on a mission, become a target for unknown assassins. The sole survivor of the team becomes chief suspect in the ensuing international manhunt. Now agent Ethan Hunt must clear his name in a seemingly impossible mission.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good quality., 12 Oct 2002
By Inger Watts (Trondheim, Norway) - See all my reviews
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It is exiting to watch a film that uses brains instead of fists to solve problems. This is one of these films. There is very little violence, so the main character has to use other skills in order to come up with a solution.

Tom Cruise is as always a very good actor, and in this film, even though it is not heavy, it is a film that deserves his talent.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Three, 12 April 2007
By Jay "The Amazon Reviewer" (Mauritius) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mission Impossible [1996] [DVD] (DVD)
A 90'sblockbuster, Mission Impossible garnered huge expectations on its release back in 1996. With a stellar cast of Cruise , jean Reno, Jon Voight and Ving Rhames, it could do no wrong.Well, it didn't but yet it wasn't perfect. You have to watch this film more than once to get a full gist of the plot, but it does have its moments;
The scene where Cruise dangles precariously from a cable and just catches a bead of sweat before it triggers the floor alarm is as sublimely exhilarating as any in the history of Hollywood.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars What spy thrillers should be like, 12 Mar 2001
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This film is a bit of a mix with the gadgets of a bond film, but with the intrigue and supspense found in the TV series. The basic plot is that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is the only survivor of a mission gone wrong, where the team end up dead. Ethan hunt has to clear his name, as they thing he is a mole.

This is an intelligent thriller, with a number of plot twists. There is a bit of a conspiracy involved, as Ethan finds out more about the purpose of the mission. Also the stunts are very impressive, and are genuinly tense. The sequence where they abseil into the CIA building to get to data from a computer is tense, as are most of the action sequences, which are an integral part of the film.

I don't think this is a classic, as thriller go, but this is one of the best thrillers around, and sets an example to the makes of the Bond films, of what they should aim at.

They could have fallen into the trap of putting in too many action sequences, and ignored the plot with this, but the balance is just right, as the plot is always the main concern, and all the action revlolves around it. The MI Francise was not wasted here.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
this was an enjoyable movie - some good locations and a good few twists and turns.
Published 9 months ago by AwakeNow.co.uk

1.0 out of 5 stars The mess will self destruct in 5 sequels.
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Published on 26 Jul 2006 by andy

4.0 out of 5 stars Da da, da da, da, da, da da, da, da, da da...DUN DUN DUN!!!
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Published on 9 Feb 2004 by R. Covell

5.0 out of 5 stars MI 1 star? A message for arca20
I liked this film and I found it very entertaining. Arca20 you gave this film 1 star. The amazon star rating is supposed to be used for comparison with other movies to indicate... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic engaging adventure
This is a fantastic film that is far superior to its superficial equal, M.I.2.
This film has it all-big names (Cruise,Reno,Redgrave et al), fantastic action sequences, an... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2003 by Ben

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting movie blockbuster with a brain?!
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Published on 25 Nov 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Better the second time round.
I thought this movie was very average when I seen it at the pictures. I watched it about a year later and thought it was actually very good. Read more
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