The Impossible Became Possible...This was really good.

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2012)

Looking over films based on TV shows are almost impossible to make better, let alone just as good, as the show was. Somehow, most of the turn out to be complete garbage, like:
The Avengers Get Smart Transformers 2 Beverly Hillbillies Yogi Bear The Smurfs Doug The Last Airbender (shudders)
But, that's not to say there have been a few decent ones, like:
Ninja Turtles 1,2, & 4 The Adams Family Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker The A-Team G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Transformers 3 Transformers: The Movie Most of the Muppet movies
Many have had hit and misses over the past thirty years now, but today we're going to be talking about the film series, based on the TV show, Mission Impossible.
Now, bear in mind, I haven't actually seen ONE episode of the TV show, so all I can really do is look at the films as films along. I might as well give my synopsis on the other films first then. The first film, directed by Scarface director, Brian de Palma, is about IMF agent, Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, framed for the murders of his comrades and selling government secrets to the villain of the film. Now it's up to Cruise to get the files back and clear his name. For what it was, it was a cheesy action film, with Cruise doing what he does best. For what it was, it was pretty good, thanks to Ving Rhames delivering a pretty good performance. The second film, directed by John Woo, was not as good as the first, but somehow did a very creative job at bringing forth an okay film. Cruise was still Cruise, Rhames was still bad-ass, and Anthony Hopkins in the film was nice in it too. Now the third film, directed by Super 8 director and creator of Lost, J.J. Abrams, managed to make it the superior film. The plot of it, was Ethan was getting married and about to retire as an IMF agent leader, but when his team tries to get rid of an object dubbed 'The Rabbit Foot', he and his team have to fix things up, with his marriage on hold, and him returning. Simon Pegg was a nice addition to the film, and gave a well done performance. For a while, it was a good finish to the franchise, and for what it was, we would remember this trilogy to be cheesy...That is, until today, when Iron Giant and Incredibles director, Brad Bird decided to bring forth another film.
So how does the new film stand out?...well, I gotta say...I now understand WHY it's got a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol takes place five years after the last film, as Ethan Hunt is broken out of jail, and learns from his team that someone is planning on starting a nuclear war with Russia and America. Soon, the IMF is down to Hunt and his team, along with William Brandt, to finish off this mission and clear the IMF's name. For being his first live-action film, Brad Bird managed to make this Mission Impossible film, not only good, but fantastic! I enjoyed a LOT out of this film, from beginning to end, and it really stands out as the best of the Mission Impossible film series. This is definitely one of the best action film that I've seen this year, and it stands out as one of Tom Cruise's best work. The acting is great, the action's great, and the story is, surprisingly, well done. But, apparently, it does have it's cheesy moments, that even Ving Rhames finds to be stupid.
Overall, MI4GP is great, might have it's moments of stupidity, but I found it great. If you're looking for a good action film or a good Brad Bird film, I highly recommend it, but if you don't like Tom Cruise or the Mission Impossible films, then you probably won't like it.