Cruise Delivers Again

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2011)

Tom Cruise really delivers in this action sequel. He's 47 and is as fit as a fiddle. He can continue to make more MI's as long as he wants as far as I'm concerned. We need to see more actors who aren't in their twenties or thirties doing action (like Liam Neeson) and can still deliver. Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood held on for a long time, and drew in audiences of varying ages. When we want to see action, let's see the actors we like to see doing it and not age them out because they hit a certain age. By then, they've evolved as actors. Cruise really hit it hard with the action. To see him running as he did in the previous movie says this guy knows how to stay in shape. The story line was okay. The previous editions had better character development. This one didn't have the "feel" of the previous ones. Yet, I do have to say that I didn't go in there expecting an awarding winning script. I went to see action. Paula Patton held her own, as she was fun to see in "Jumping the Broom". This may open doors for her into another venue. Jeremy Renner has the quality of being a good or bad guy and we weren't sure until about the end where he stood. And, yes, thanks for bringing Ving Rhames in again, and letting us know he is still in action. The locales were beautiful and the cinematography was good. This is a good movie to see, and Cruise can keep making then as long as he can continue to deliver, as he usually does.