MI continues to devolve

Rating: 5/10 (28 July 2012)

I once heard someone say the American presidency peaked at Washington and devolved from there, considerably and steadily. The same could be said of the MI films. The writing is lousy, the direction sophomoric, and the screenplay contrived and cheesy. The DePalma directed 1st film was so far superior to this anything that has emerged since. And as I recall, the decision to depart from DePalma and head in the direction the films have gone is all Cruise's. The Tomato Meter gave MI4 a high rating; for what reason I do not know. They must have seen another film. There are so many better quality action films out there. Save yourself the 3 buck rental or Netflix spot on the queue; get the new Sherlock Holmes or Knight and Day, a far better Cruise movie; or I don't know, randomly select one; anything but MI4. In the words of Adrian Monk, the famous detective; "you'll thank me later."