Best Sequel So Far

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2017)

Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Plot In A Paragraph: The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
Whilst Cruise's career was far from finished, his movies were grossing less and less, and having less impact on the box office chart too. So when Paramount wanted to make another Mission Impossible, Crusie didn't need asking twice. Personally, I used to think the third movie was the best sequel, now, I think this one is the best.
I still remember watching this in IMAX at the cinema, and I still can't watch the scene where Cruise scales the outside of the Burj Khalifa, without my vertigo kicking in. The bad guys plan is a bit James Bond, but it's held together by some great performances (I especially liked Simon Pegg) and some terrific action set pieces.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol grossed $209 million to end the year the 7th highest grossing movie of 2011. This was the first Cruise movie to finish in the Top 10 grossers of they year since War Of The Worlds 5 years earlier.