It's all in the details

Rating: 7/10 (12 January 2012)

Let me start off my stating that this movie is not in the same kind of league as MI:3, which was a drastic departure in tone and quality from the first two MI movies.
This movie, though, is an absolute blast to watch. The action is perpetual, and it is for the most part well-done. That does not make a movie good by itself, and what sinks this movie home for me is that the director/writers/etc paid attention to the details that would otherwise make every gadget-stunt absurd to a thinking person. Most of them were still pushing the absurdity boundary, but if you have a bit of tech familiarity you won't be shaking your head the whole way through like you would for many, many other movies in this genre.
And as others have said, Tom Cruise still brings it even though his aging is apparent. There is more comic relief than MI:3, that's for sure, thanks to the promotion from part-time to full-time of Simon Pegg. I saw it in IMAX and was not disappointed.