The impossible mission force.

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2012)

Would this be the last impossible Mission? Finally watched this latest installment on Blue Ray and i still regret not watching it on the big screen for the sheer magnitude of some of its sequences. Brilliant cinematography coupled with some unbridled imagination gives you a few moments that are really worth it. That said it is difficult to believe that the same writers also came up with some instances that reek of ignorance, racism, and plain oversight. or was it a deliberate attempt to please the Studio Bosses and make it palatable to a certain demographic of audiences.
Coming back to the movie, it really looks like age has finally caught up with Cruise and his subtle attempts at passing on the IMF baton to Renner is evident here. But still you see him diving head first into the thick of things, with full gusto. His enthusiasm and the rakish humor is still evident from his past outings as Ethan Hunt. This time around they are outcast, disavowed and treated as conspirators out to incite global nuclear war. They have to catch the perpetrator of the Moscow incident, their Defence Secretary Murderer, apprehend a renegade Nuclear Strategist, dodge a Smoking Hot Assassin and stop a nuclear device from detonation all while looking cool and constantly moving across the globe. The makers really thought of creative ways of using tech gadgets and some of the sequences are really worth watching twice especially the Kremlin sequence & Khalifa sequence. Simply brilliant.
But having praised them for their creativity, i would also like to thrash them for bringing in idiotic sequences that really put a blot on the entire movie experience. How can they be so unaware and not pay attention to those sequences: camels on Dubai road, (seriously) or the Mumbai sequence (where warnings signs are written in Telegu) or Mr. Kapoor sex deprived caricature of a Telecom Magnate especially when you have a local film crew working with you on these sequences. Why didn't the local crew point out these loopholes to the director when they were assisting him at the respective locations.
From the first installment to the latest, it has been quite a journey for Ethan Hunt and his team, and it seems to the makers that are now looking at a fresh face to carry on the franchise. In my opinion, it would be fatal mistake because people associated Tom Cruise with Ethan Hunt, and Ethan Hunt meant IMF. Now please don't ask me what IMF stands for if you have not watched all the 4 movies. In the end if they do decide to bring in a new face (read as Renner) to carry on the franchise (like he is doing for the Bourne Franchise), i will surely be disappointed, but i am still going to watch it. Because if i don't i wont be doing justice to the this forum. May be i should change the forum tagline to "WE WATCH EVERYTHING". Sniggers. In the end, all i can say is "This message will not self destruct in 5 seconds". Do catch it on Blue Ray/DVD if you haven't seen the movie yet. It is worth the watch.