An Exciting Movie with Plenty of Action and Suspense

Rating: 7/10 (16 February 2017)

This movie begins in Budapest with an IMF agent being killed and a folder containing Russian nuclear codes subsequently taken from him. The scene then shifts to a Russian prison where "Agent Ethan Hunt" (Tom Cruise) is being incarcerated and a new mission to free him is underway. Once this is accomplished he is given a new team with a mission to infiltrate the Kremlin and obtain files related to the person code-named "Cobalt" who they believe stole the nuclear codes. Unfortunately, this mission is seriously compromised and results in a horrific explosion which attracts world attention. Not only that, but Ethan is once again captured by the Russians. However, being extremely skillful in escape and evasion he manages to get away and rejoins his team-only this time they are isolated and disavowed due to the aftermath of the disastrous Kremlin break-in. This leaves Ethan's team with few options other than to try to thwart "Cobalt" from starting a nuclear war between the United States and Russia-with everybody out to get them. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an exciting movie with plenty of action and suspense all the way through. Admittedly, some of the scenes were a bit over-the-top but I suppose that's to be expected from Hollywood in this day and age. Be that as it may, I enjoyed this film and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.