good fun for series fans

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2011)

Held responsible for a bombing at the Kremlin in Moscow which they had nothing to do with, the IMF is officially disavowed by the U.S. government. Covert agent Ethan Hunt is given his most difficult assignment yet when he's "unofficially" assigned to initiate Ghost Protocol, a rogue operation in which he and his team must go deep undercover and seek out the guilty parties, but if caught Hunt and his team will be branded as traitors and hung out to dry. A fourth yet surprisingly fresh, fast-paced, and fun installment of the MI series is a globe-trotting extravaganza with sophisticated gadgets, inventive, eye-popping stunts, and slick plot twists. Eventually succumbs to the obvious, but director Bird's staging of action scenes is exceptionally good, and guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat; an espionage thriller in the truest sense of the genre. ***