Speaking of 'Ghost" - This is the real Spirit of Vengeance

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2012)

Brad Bird's Live Action Directorial Debut has made a Dent in my Reality.
Surrounded by Exec Producer JJ Abrams team of crazy thinkers and doers, Brad has No trouble matching Directing Wits with JJ.
And regardless of Tom Cruise' Idiosyncratic beliefs is Alien Motherships and Thetans and such, we can allow him his inanities - Because he is one hell of an Actor and one hell of a Producer. I laugh with everyone at his shocking statements to the press, maybe Cruise is simply trying to "Shock or Schlock" us, maybe he likes that his insane statements generate News coverage - Hell, I don't care if he even believes in his own prattle. Regardless of that, people will Talk about Cruise after this film - Cos he's simply damn good, I've admired his acting all the way back to "Legend" and here he is Ethan Hunt all the way. He does things here that he's never done before, and he does them well. So I give my High Respect to Cruise, good job, damn good job!
This marks Cruise' Return to High Powered Action films. The Production team of Cruise/Abrams hands us one walloping good tale. Brad Bird's technocratic directing speeds us through Ethan Hunt's Disavowment and inevitable vindication in ways we've never seen before with production value unlike any of the previous MI Films.
Each MI Film has made references to the ones made before. In this film we herald the return of Benji (Star Trek's "Scotty-Simon Sean of the Dead Pegg) as a full Field Agent. Along with Agent Carter (Paula Patton who was great in "Déjà vu") and "Analyst Brandt" (Jeremy Renner), the disavowed team once again save the world as we know it while nobody is the wiser.
There is a destruction of a Major Russian Building - So Believable, what parts were CGI and what parts were real practical Effects? I sense a Blending of the two. There is a 5 minute Chase scene through a Sand Storm - After watching the Featurette which shows how they filmed that section, it is amazing that most of the elements in the frame are real items. The scene is edited so well that we are totally fooled. That this whole thing happened in the middle of a desert during a sandstorm.
Cruise must like Heights - Is that building in Dubai real, is was that CGI'd? The Building reads as Real - As do Cruise High-Altitude Stunts.
Ethan Hunt is a combination of both "The Competent Man" — and Cary Grant's "Mr. Lucky" - But through all of Hunt's competent Stature, we can see real fear in the character's eyes-Cruise makes us believe that the man, although subject to the same uncertainties as we all, just knows by default as well as IMF Training how to "Make his Own Luck."
Because, in this film, it's not like James Bond, perfectly executing each gag with NO mistakes - Hunt makes Mistakes - His team makes mistakes, equipment does not work exactly as expected, and there are people who are just not what they seem - Hunt uses each turn of events, good or bad, ultimately for his benefit, he knows what to let go and what to pursue.
Now... To address the use of these iPhones, WHERE do I get one of these, and are they A5's? They've got to be Jailbroken, or at least Altered in some way by IMF. What is of interest here, is that I can relate to the use of the iPhone in this film, as I use mine for just about everything - For shopping, for driving, for watching TV or Movies, it is a remote, it locates things for me, it tells me where I am. But these iPhones even tell you who is going to kill you - Provided you get the message in time! That is the only true spoiler I'll give you.
One thing about these particular iPhones, some of them are slightly larger than mine. Mostly they look exactly like mine-so I love it — iPhone - The Official Phone of the IMF!