Mission Possible: Turn "Mission Impossible" into a Tom Cruise film franchise!

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2007)

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Going for a theme today by reviewing star vehicles utilising previous source material (eg: a comic, or TV series), as this is more a Tom Cruise movie than an actual interpretation of the TV series. The fact Brian De Palma twisted Jim Phelps' (Jon Voight) character in the movie had some fans up in arms. Now that the films have progressed to three ventures of the Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) centric spy series, this is probably the best film out of the three Tom Cruise driven vehicles. It's also the most surprising and memorable of the three, particularly with Cruise floating above lasers and was good introduction to Ethan Hunt's background, and of the film series for non-fans of the original television series. I, too, was annoyed at the treatment of Jim Phelps, but now the films are just using the "Mission Impossible" to sell a Tom Cruise vehicle in playing Ethan Hunt- then this is the best one out of the three in hindsight, which is not really saying much. Great supporting cast include Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Kristen Scott Thomas, Emilio Estevez. Nowhere near Brian De Palma's best directorial work, but nowhere near his worst either! If you haven't seen this film, you might as well check it out!
*** out of *****!