Is the mission impossible?

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2012)

Not to be taken for granted; your expectations are amped as Tom Cruise returns as IMF Agent Ethan Hunt in this fourth installment of the Mission:Impossible franchise. Notable Brad Bird directs this action/adventure with vigor. "Ghost Protocol" goes into effect after the agency is blamed for a terrorist bombing of the Kremlin. Hunt is left out in the cold and must gather a new team consisting of Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg to clear the name of the Agency. Hunt suspects members of the new team may have individual agendas; but the group must trust each other to complete a mission with practically no resources or backup. Exceptional scenery and special effects; and becoming the norm, Cruise does his own stunts. But then this project happens to be the highest-grossing film of Mr. Cruise's career. Kudos to cinematographer Robert Elswit. The cast also features: Samuli Edelmann, Michael Nyquist, Lea Seydoux, Josh Holloway and Goran Navojec. You can't accuse this movie of being bland...just pure adrenaline...on steroids.