Ten lines

Rating: 1/10 (29 December 2011)

Ten lines is what IMDb requires for a review. So here goes... 1: Stupid. 2: Stupid. 3: Stupid. 4: Stupid. 5: Stupid. 6: Stupid. 7: Stupid. 8: Stupid. There, that should do it.
OK, when did the world begin to accept filmed folderol such as this movie as valid entertainment? You think the ancient Romans were cruel? At least they tortured the few people participating in the action, not the thousands in the seats. Stupid actions, stupid plots, stupid lines delivered over and over with out-of-the-box steely eyes, cars explode, buildings explode, computers explode, sandwiches explode...
There are so many science fiction stories and movies that tell of a time where the dazed hoi polloi are driven sheep, told what to do, what to eat, say, think...and these are meant to be stories of horror, a warning of what society could become if we don't all use our giant brains and actually think.
No thinking in Mission: Impossible. Just things blowin' up. The cinematic equivalent of a Saturday night demolition derby in some clusterfark Southern town made of mud. Duh. BOOM. Duh. BOOM. Duh...
Brad Bird must have a pod in a basement somewhere. This can't be his work.