An Action Film that Delivers Action!

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2011)

The story is fairly typical for a Bond movie - Evil Megalomaniac wants to blow up the world with a Nuclear Bomb - and immediately gets down to work with action scenes in Budapest, Moscow, Dubai and Mumbai. The cast is very effective and the action scenes all deliver. Credit should be given to Brad Bird. He uses excellent timing, makes sure we know that is Tom up there on the side of the building and gives us a few surprises during the scenes. But at the end of the day, this movie works because Tom Cruise sells each scene. He is casual about the action when he needs to be, he is intense when it requires it and he is a truly likable action good guy. If they had half stars I would give this an 8.5. The movie is what it advertises to be, nothing more, nothing less. Fast paced action that flies through to the finish.