As good as you'd hope it would be.

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2011)

It may be more than 5 years since Tom's Cruise previous installment in his action packed franchise "Mission impossible" but as with all good things it gets better with time! This is undoubtedly the action flick of the year and it certainly has a lot going for it. Firstly Tom Cruise is at the top of his game right now, he can act, he is adaptable he is in top physical form and this last accomplishment of his confirms that he is a true action hero even though not as macho as the "Expendables" star cast. Secondly, the movie delivers with the secondary characters, Ethan Hunt's new team is the greatest as yet, his new "colleagues" are all exceptional, Jeremy Renner is great as a man with a haunted past, Paula Patton is exuberant and convincing is her action scenes, and last but not least the returning Simon Pegg is his usual self and all the better for it. Thirdly, as you suspect the movie is inch perfect visually with the exception of the Cremlin explosion scene, and the thing that stands out is that the action is literally non stop. Additionally another interesting aspect is the mystery surrounding Ethan Hunt's personal life -not to be revealed until the very end- and last but not least the director let us indulge our selves with some very interesting cameos indeed. As for drawbacks, inevitably, there are some, the Villains come first to mind, apart from the fact that the actors are not that famous -which didn't bother me personally- they are really not very interesting, character's fault not the actors, as I couldn't find any substantial reason to "hate" them. Also the -bad Russians with nuclear weapons threaten to destroy all humanity- is so 80's I sincerely hope they come up with something different next time round.
All in all the movie is fun, entertaining, adventurous and its distractions aren't big enough to spoil a very good film indeed. 8/10