Mission Accomplished For Brad Bird's Live Action Film Debut

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2015)

After making three great animated feature films such as "The Iron Giant," The Incredibles," and "Ratatouille," Brad Bird now makes his directorial debut on making a live action movie and what you know it he accomplished it. So the movie is about that the bomb when off by blowing up the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia as the IMF is shut down which now makes Ethan Hunt and his team to go after the bad guys that caused the Kremlin for being bombed. This was my first film to see a Brad Bird movie in theaters, because I never saw his other three movies as I mentioned them in the beginning of this review. I know Bird's first film "The Iron Giant" is coming back this year on September 30th and October 4th, so that might be the perfect time to see one of his earlier films. With that said, I thought the premise of the movie is well told and I thought the movie does have a good mixture for balancing the action and spy genre aside what the other three movies did. Even though, I enjoyed them but this one balances both, and it succeeds it really well. The cinematography is wonderfully well shot, and really loved how it was filmed. The stunts in the movie are fantastic, especially where Tom Cruise is climbing onto a building. Again, the stunts are fantastic. The cast all did great, particularly for Cruise who is still giving a great performance, and doing most of his own stunts. Always being awesome. Jeremy Renner is in this movie, and I thought he was really good too. The rest all did well. The other actors from the first three movies are in this, but only there for a cameo. Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell from the first three movies only appears at the end, and so does Michelle Monaghan as Ethan's wife Julie. At first, I thought they either broke up or Julie dies, but Ethan tells Brandt that he had to fake his wife death in order to keep her safe and does not want to loose her like what happen in the third movie. Also, I was anxious if both Ethan and Julie would see each other, and they actually have until Ethan continues on with the next mission. Thank goodness that these two did not break up, because I actually love those two for being together and it never got me mad like what I had with the third "Transformers" movie where they make both Shia Labeouf's and Megan Fox's character break up. Hated that! So I am glad that they did not break up in this movie. Michael Giacchino's music is also good too, and I may like his arrangement of the theme song more than I had with the third one. Now to the problems that I had with this movie. My only issues with the movie is that I did not see this movie in IMAX. Why is it a big deal? Well, seeing it in a regular theater is okay but I thought it would've been something to see in IMAX as the movie did feature some scenes that were filmed with IMAX cameras. Also, I was disappointed that the Blu Ray didn't have those scenes that were filmed in IMAX. I would have love to see to scenes in IMAX. Maybe this movie might be reissue in theaters or on Blu Ray so I can see the way how they were actually filmed. Heck, I would've love it to see the movie again on the big screen so that I can enjoy those scenes in IMAX. Same thing with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. My other complaint is the villains. I don't think they were as interesting, nor as entertaining as I had with the other villains in the first three movies. Whether they're three dimensional or not, I still enjoy them. These villains don't have that much of a presence for the movie, nor they add anything new to the table; they're just there and you really don't care about them at all. So those are my only issues with the movie. Overall, I enjoy "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" and I give kudos to Brad Bird on making his first live action movie. Mission accomplished on making a great "Mission: Impossible" movie. I give this movie a 9 out of 10.