At least you can say that you get what you pay for with this one

Rating: 4/10 (17 December 2011)

I guess the creators of this movie were sitting around a table one day and decided that they would make a movie about the tallest building in the world. When they decided to throw in Tom Cruise, a Kremlin bombing, and a psycho wanting to start a nuclear war, they probably decided that they would make it a part of the Mission Impossible series. I guess you could have used James Bond instead of Ethan Hawk and it probably would have been the same, but then considering that there was only one other person in the cinema when I saw it probably demonstrates that this is a pretty ho-hum sort of movie.
I guess if one likes funky semi-futuristic devices, lots of spy stuff, and maybe Tom Cruise, then I guess you could watch this movie, especially if there isn't anything better on, and you are so board that you want to see a movie anyway. It seems now that despite the fact that this is the forth movie in the series the only things that seem to tie these movies together, other than Tom Cruise that is, is the 'your mission, if you chose to accept it,' and 'this message will self destruct in five seconds' that no doubt came from the original television series upon which these movies were based on.
Granted, it has been a while since I saw the original movies, and I believe that I have seen the other three, but all in all, these are just your typical spy movies that contain action, cool gadgets (and of course Tom Cruise). However this time it appears that they have decided to give him a team, despite the fact that Ethan Hawke is just as capable of completing missions on his own. Further, the plot, while something one would expect from spy movies, clearly seems to be centered around the Burj in Dubai. While the movie is placed in a number of other locals around the world, such as Budapest, Moscow, Bangkok, and Mumbai, the most of the film seems to be set in Dubai, and in particular in the Burj.
I won't go too deep into the plot namely because I don't need to. This is one of those films were the plot, and as is typical it involves some psycho who wants to get their hands on a nuclear weapon and then blow the world up, though the reason behind this is very unclear. Its strange that in a lot of these films, there is some psycho, but there is generally no real method behind their madness. At least in Shakespeare there is a reason why the villain is out to commit acts of villainy, and also a reason for their descent into madness. However, this is Mission Impossible, and no Shakespeare, so I guess we can't ask for much more than that.
As I have said, this movie is okay, and in many cases it appears that most of the plot is revealed in the trailers (which is even more annoying), but I guess it is one of those movies where you watch the trailer, see Tom Cruise, see lots of action, and then decide whether you want to part with your money. However, I guess I wouldn't mind watching the other ones again.