That's a Haboob, Baby!

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2011)

Let's start with, I LOVED Part III a lot. So this unlikely follow-up due to the poor box office of the third one would really have to show a lot to take over as the best Mission: Impossible entry.
My God, was Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol fantastic. Excellent, even. Funny, adventurous, real, exciting, thrilling and a movie I am dying to see again are just a few emotions I had when I left the theatre. Best Action of the Year doesn't quite sum it up. (Of course, we're talking the worst action-film year in history, so let's say, it's the best action movie since the last Bourne film and James Bond's Casino Royale.)
If you will see this movie, your mission, choose you to accept the alternative – jail time for not seeing it, is to see it in IMAX. And no worries, mercifully, it's not in 3D. The whole movie looks brilliant on the extra-tall screen, but if just one scene will convince you, it's from the trailer: Hunt (Tom Cruise) scaling the World's Tallest Building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. That alone is worth the entire ticket price.
Funny about that scene, during super-spy Hunt's accent and decent outside the 130th floor, they say (and show) a gigantic "Dust Storm" is approaching. My roommate and I, who both live near Phoenix, AZ were like: "Eh, it's just a Haboob. No biggie. Go inside, wait it out and wash your car the next day."
I usually give a synopsis with my reviews. It's just better not to. Let them surprise you. It's a fully action-packed, almost from beginning to end, spy thriller. Let them tell you the story, the twists, the suspense and allow yourself to feel what they feel. Trust me, this is a ride you'll want to take a few times. I know I'm going back to IMAX as soon as possible.
Don't wait for video or Netflix. Don't see the smaller big-screen version. And don't remember your distaste of Tom Cruisewhich, by the way, I never had. See this movie ASAP in IMAX. One of the best of 2011.