The Roger Moore years

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2011)

An enjoyable ride? Certainly. But MI4 has lost a bit of edge that was already eroding in MI3. The franchise has pumped everything up again so that the set pieces require not just suspension of disbelief but downright expulsion. The action crosses the line and plants a foot firmly in cartoonville.
It reminds me of the Bond franchise in the Roger Moore years. The stunts became more ludicrous, the flippant one-liners more corny, and any tension that might have been there evaporated as a result.
Recently Bond has rebooted with more realism and more tension and still manages a couple of funny moments.
MI will lose its way if it goes any further down its current path.