This is what happens when you hire a cartoon director to make an action flick

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2011)

I only give this movie 5/10 since it is supposed to be so high class and a lot of money was spent making it.
Apart from that it is the worst installment in the Mission Impossible saga. It has by far the worst script so far, the worst dialogue, the least believable action scenes, etc.
I had a bad feeling about the movie the moment I saw the director's name. The guy is amazing when he makes cartoons, but MI:4 proves that cartoons and films with live actors are two different things. Everything here feels fake and typical cartoonish dialogue and "funny" moments simply do not work.
It is also the first time when Tom has gone wrong when green-lighting a project, and I hope this does not turn into a trait of his.
It is very regrettable that a script so full of stereotypes (like the ages-old stereotype of Russia and Russians that Hollywood has been feeding us with), the stereotype of the Arab world, etc. have been so easily and readily adopted by a director as smart as this one.
I am really sorry they made this film, and really sorry I watched it.