Great Entertainment. The First True Modern IMF

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2011)

I loved the 60's series, and I always thought the movies adaptations where either dull (MI1), ridiculous (MI2) or OK as a movie but poor as an MI adaptation (MI3). When I heard a 4th MI was coming up, I thought, "Why do they even bother?". Then I found Brad Bird was the Director, and it was "Hmmm, that could be good. He's great in animation, but can he do it in real motion?". The good reviews started coming up, and when it was mentioned that the action was bit old school, I thought I would give it a go I'm glad I did, because the result was fantastic. For a long time have I not been in the Theaters watching a more than 2 hours action flick without having felt the time go by. It's engaging from the first minute, it has a great rhythm of action and tense scenes, and it's the best Blockbuster action flick I've seen in the Theaters for several years (in terms of pure entertainment, that is). The action is kinetic, in the sense you feel it's real, and not a bunch o CGI thrown in making it a video game. It also feels authentic, original, never a bad copy of Bond or the Bourne movies. Although it isn't a thriller like the series, as it could never be, it has right amount of tense moments that are as good as them, not letting you even blink an eye when they're on. Tom Cruise finally seems to have born to be in MI, and the rest of cast, specially Jeremy Renner, are great too. In the end, I think it's the first well made modern Mission Impossible adaptation, with a right balance of action, story and tension, good acting and a great direction. Well done!!!