Dazzling (and not just Tom Cruise's teeth!)

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2011)

Trying to stop a renegade plutocrat from launching World War Three is quite a hoary old plot, used in more than one James Bond movie and many rip-offs. But the sheer pace of this MISSION IMPOSSIBLE outing and its thrilling 'set-piece' action scenes give it the illusion of originality. The stunts on the outside of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai are dizzying, and there's a splendidly choreographed fight scene in a state-of-the-art electronic car park. Fights, car-chases, a nail-biting climax: with all this - and Tom Cruise's dazzling smile - what's not to like? The lad seems to be enjoying himself hugely, and so did I!
The last 007 enterprise, QUANTUM OF SOLACE was woeful. GHOST PROTOCOL seriously raises the bar on this kind of movie. Daniel Craig must look to his laurels next year in the new Bond caper.