Ending could've been better.

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2012)

Ghost Protocol was a really good movie with solid acting and interesting characters. Tom Cruise continues to be a great Ethan Hunt and Jeremy Renner's character was solid as usual. Also, Simon Pegg's character added some very nice comedic effect. However, this isn't just any old movie, this is a Mission Impossible movie and while it was better than the third one, it paled in comparison to the first two. Now this movie did have the best continuity of any of the prior films but it also had some of the weakest special effects and some of the most unrealistic fight sequences. Also, while the continuity was fantastic, the ending was terrible. ***SPOILER ALERT*** I honestly didn't have a problem with them killing off his wife. However, why keep her alive with that twist in the end? That was completely unnecessary. It's like if the only reason they did it was to make Ethan Hunt look smart but the drama and emotion of the movie until then worked better if they would've left her dead. I think if they wanted to keep her alive they should've played it off like if Cruise wanted for Renner's character to replace him. Almost like a protégé sort of twist. Nonetheless, this movie was definitely worth watching, I just thought the ending (either way) could've been better.