Merely okay, though that might be enough for some viewers

Rating: Null/10 (6 March 2016)

Though I have seen every "Mission: Impossible" movie before watching this one, I have to confess that I thought all the previous entries were watchable but ultimately forgettable. If I were pressed, I could not remember much about any of them. This new entry proves to be more of the same. I will admit that I didn't find it anywhere near an excruciating experience. It looks pretty slick, has some good action sequences, and while it's over two hours in length, I was never bored at any moment. But all the same, I found a lot of the movie to be somewhat predictable; some "surprise" twists were no surprise. Also, while the movie is coherent for the most part, there are a few minor plot details (like how Tom Cruise's character spent six months uncovering the bad guys and how he tracked them down) that are never explained. Also, the chief villain gets a lot less screen time than you might think, which makes him less of a threat than the movie thinks he is. Another disappointment is with the climatic sequence - it's surprisingly small scale and generic in feel. In the end, the movie is like a hot drink on a cold day - it does its job for a short time, but you are unlikely to remember the experience for a long time.