This Movie Achieved What Other Movies Found Impossible This Year!

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2011)

Considering a lot of the movies this year loaded with huge budgets have been utter garbage(HUGO), i walked out of this IMAX screening of Brad Bird's Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol with a wide smile on my face thinking 'Yeah, this movie deserved the FULL PRICE'.
The story isn't original and not as complicated as the likes of The Dark Knight,it was centered around the implication of the IMF in the bombing of the Kremlin by the villain(Mikael Nyqvist)after stealing the briefcase which could enable him launch a nuclear missile to destroy America. At the same time, the IMF squad disguised as Russian officials try to steal the same information with an fantastic optical illusion device only to realise that their efforts were a little too late and had to abort the mission.
As the Kremlin came crushing down, it was clear that Ethane(Tom Cruise) and his IMF team were going to take the blame for the bombing and with the US denying any knowledge of them, they were suddenly hit with a race against time to prove their innocence to the Russian authorities and stopping the real culprit who was poised to start World War 3, nuclear style.
Besides the see-through storyline, the execution was solid,tense and entertaining. Somehow all their plans which would have worked in the other installments of Mission Impossible seemed to just fall apart at some stage and the characters had to improvise to finish the mission and stay alive.
The new cast(Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner) added some realism, character and energy to the pacing of this action-packed spy movie with Simon Pegg injecting some well timed comic relief to complex clock-ticking situations.Each character was given the chance to shine in their roles and from where i was sitting, they all delivered very convincing and satisfying action scenes. Even the so-called timid Simon Pegg did great with his new role as a computer hacker/field agent.
There were some memorable scenes in this movie,some of which were original; The optical illusion heist of the Kremlin and its collapse, The climbing of the tallest building in Dubai, The sand storm chase scene and the final showdown scene in the vending machine style car park were all riveting and explosive,thanks to clever directing skills of Brad Bird. This talented director finally shows the whole world his creative direction isn't just limited to the mesmerising Ratatouille, The Incredibles and Up; solidly nailing his debut as the man in the driver's seat of real feature films such as Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol.
Overall this movie delivered what it said on the box,just plain pure adrenaline fuelled action spy movie. See it in IMAX if you can but regardless of platform, Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol is a solid addition to the franchise showing Tom Cruise as a unique actor.