An extra long, modernized and enhanced episode

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2005)

I've never been very keen on movies that are based on old(er) TV-series, because I've never seen the point of them, except for trying to make even more money out of a good concept of course. In a way Mission Impossible isn't any different from other movies that have been based on a series, but it still is good enough to keep you entertained for a couple of hours. Not that it is all that original. Of course it has been modernized and enhanced by using the latest special effects and computer animation their budget could buy and yes it all looks very spectacular, but in fact this isn't much else but a longer version of an average episode.
Ethan Hunt, an American agent of a secret service called the IMF, is believed to be disloyal to his employer and is suspected of having killed almost his entire team of spies. He isn't the real traitor and knows that someone else in his team or in his secret service is the real bad guy. He has to find out what really happened and who is the guy they are looking for. In the meanwhile he has to stay out of the hands of some assassins who are send after him. Will he survive? Will he find out the shocking truth? It's up to you to discover...
Don't expect an excellent and mind blowing story line. If it wasn't for the, especially at that time, stunning special effects and many plot twists, this movie would have gone by unnoticed. In fact this movie is nothing more but a 110 minutes taking roller-coaster ride. It's fun to do, but not for too many times in a row. I guess the true fans of the series will be the ones who love this movie the most. Even though I called it nothing more but a longer episode, I still give it a 7/10. It's OK, without being really special