well below expectations

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2011)

I was expecting a slick, cutting edge movie. But it was more like the failing gadgets/tape destruction littered throughout it. It didn't take us anywhere we hadn't been before. The plot was pedestrian, and when you see a comic actor (Simon Pegg) cast, you know they've gone down the wrong route.
Tom Cruise was solid as usual, but was let down by the script. Ethan Hunt is meant to have an answer for everything, instead of brainstorming with his team and arguing over tactics.
It could have been a great end to 2011, but with the disappointing Immortals and then this, it just fizzled out.