Very Good Action Movie

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2012)

Blamed for bombing the Kremlin, the IMF is disavowed (no support) by the US government, but Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) knows Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist) did the bombing and escaped with nuclear launch codes and Hunt also knows he must be stopped from starting a nuclear war.
It always amazes me that the bad guys want to blow up the planet and don't seem to realize they will go with it. So what's the point? Here's one more thing that amazed me in this story. The IMF is disavowed, but when they go to Dubai and Mumbai they have all the equipment they need to do the job. So where did all the electronics, magnetic climbing gloves etc come from? And, one more thing that is truly amazing: going about 60-mph or more in a crowded downtown Mumbai. That just doesn't happen. Oh, I almost forgot: there is a sand storm in Dubai and Ethan Hunt is chasing bad guy Hendricks in it. I was amazed at how many other vehicles are still in the storm going very fast although everyone (that would be us) can see that no one can see where anyone is going. Simply amazing. Okay, okay, movie magic. I hope.
All the above aside, this is a very good action movie. The fight scenes with or without CGI were excellent. The acting by all is terrific and yes, Tom Cruise actually does his own stunts. If he keeps it up one day he will be watching someone else do those stunts from a wheel chair. Watching him do those stunts, I have only one thing to say: OUCH, OUCH and OUCH! Hey, I checked myself into the ER after watching him perform those stunts in that automatic car park in Mumbai. I could barely move.
We get to see the tallest building in the world in Dubai: The Burj Khalifa building. I got dizzy just looking at it from afar. And, yet Ethan Hunt goes climbing on its windows with magnetic gloves. Again, I couldn't move and tried not to look down.
The action is practically non-stop and there is no time for character development. And, if that is what you are looking for, don't watch action movies. Oh, you get bits and pieces and it's up to you to fill in the blanks. Hey, you did it with the James Bond movies. And, to be honest, this Mission Impossible movie is every bit as good as the Bond movies. And, it has that good MI music too. At the end of this we see that Ethan Hunt now has his IMF team and we should see more of them in future movies. Just hope "dem bones" of Tom Cruise hold up.
One of the things I like about the Mission Impossible movies is that when we are told something in the beginning, we buy it and then find out later that what we were told wasn't exactly true. It's like a magician doing his mis-direction thing. I love it, but I cannot tell you what that one thing was. Sorry.
This may be the best Mission Impossible movie so far and was very enjoyable and despite some observations above we, who love action movies, should just enjoy what we have. (10/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex; No. Nudity: No. Language: No F-bombs. Only one S-word was heard.