Mission Impossible: Mission Accomplished!

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2012)

If you need a good movie to see for the holidays, look no further - Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol is for you! Tom Cruise returns from the demolished train-wreck that was the third installment in the MI Series with a vengeance not seen in quite some time.
This installment in the series is just as down to earth as the rest of them, which means to say that the most plausible thing is the impossible. The plot is pretty strait forward from the get go: After a botched mission results in the Kremlin being bombed and the IMF blamed, the President invokes "Ghost Protocol" aka the entire IMF is disavowed and fired. This unfortunately leaves a soviet madman with the capability to incite global nuclear warfare and so Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must lead another motley crew to save the day.
Throughout the movie you will notice that the entire cast really enjoyed their time making it, the acting is great, none of the lines have that cliché ring to them, the music is perfect and the special effects are top notch while still believable. There is a good combination of serious moments and urgency, the plot is explained without giving too much away and without ever making you want to check your watch, and they even managed to mix in the humor effectively; instead of cheesy overused jokes Tom Cruise simply smashes his face into some inanimate objects four different times (Possibly referencing that its the fourth movie?). The action scenes are well performed and every character that appears has depth and you can't help but actually care about their plights.
All in all, the cast and crew successfully revived an old gem in a desperately stagnant age of cinema, bringing us a fun thrill ride for the whole family and proving that whoever said "when you take any old classic and make a sequel or remake of it, its going to suck balls" was wrong - it can indeed turn out a grand success.
Let it be known, when I hit the enter button I shouted "Mission Accomplished"!