Mission: Impossible is not really an actor's movie. All the leads, from Cruise on down, are competent and do their jobs well, but nobody really takes hold of your attention. Cruise is his usual suave self, Rhames is entertaining as Luther Stickle, and Reno is appropriately shady as Kreiger.

Rarely can a movie have you so completely engaged one minute, and then immediately back to checking the time. "Mission: Impossible" is all slick surface and technical skill. The characters are not very interesting (except for Vanessa Redgrave, as an This is a movie that exists in the instant, and we must exist in the instant to enjoy it. Any troubling questions from earlier in the film must be firmly repressed.

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The fifth film in the Mission: Impossible series proves that there's still an enormous amount of life left in the Tom Cruise action franchise. My brain starts to mirror Ethan Hunt's during the iconic scene in the first Mission: Impossible movie, when he pieces together that his friend and mentor Jim Phelps. Synopsis. 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' has a great mix of plot, pacing and performances that undeniably makes it the best entry in the franchise. Review: Some things age like fine wine and in the cinematic world the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise is a great example of the adage. Mission: Impossible movie reviews & Metacritic score: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box.

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Mission: Impossible is a series of American action spy films both based on and a follow-on from the television series of the same name created by Bruce Geller. In reality, however, the "Mission: Impossible" movie franchise as we know it today didn't take shape until J. An Impossible Mission Force mission goes wrong, so that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team must protect the world from a fresh nuclear threat. But with the CIA's Agent Walker (Henry Cavill) sent to keep an eye on him, Ethan will face an uphill battle to show that he can still save the day.