We All Know That It's about Nothing But 2 Memorable Sequences !

Rating: 5/10 (11 August 2007)

"The problem of this movie is that (Brian De Palma) razed the very main theme which the whole series was based on; and I mean the idea of the team's spirit, or the real unity of those gifted genius agents who were all killed by him at the beginning of the film in cold blood to make their superior, the old dearly loved character, as the low killer and the actual traitor!
Moreover, it took us a very long time of waiting to have a Mission Impossible movie. And when that finally happened, we found out that the popular show was transformed into the last thing you could ever expect; a paranoia about the intelligence's men after the end of the cold war!
And you know what? Maybe (Tom Cruise) will love it, and consider it his ticket to the world of big loud action movies, that got sequels every summer like (Lethal Weapon) or (Die Hard)! So it'll not be (Mission Impossible) any more; it'll become (Mission for Tom Crouse), or (The Adventures of The Short American Brother of James Bond)!!"
That was my unpublished comment about the movie, right after watching it for the very first time in 1996 (I found it lately in forgotten papers of mine). And it said it all for sure, especially when you read it in 2007, after two sequels already, and more destruction for the original lovable (MI) which was a landmark in the TV history.
As for the movie, we all know that it's about nothing but 2 memorable sequences; a thrilling heist one, and another so Hollywood action one. Because aside from them, there was no understandable plot. Even with so deep concentration, there isn't much to catch on. It's a movie about spies, which looks attractive and respectable, but surely not that interesting, intelligible or funny. It is Bond, however taking itself so-over-the-top seriously, where it mustn't. Imagine double-crossed, too earnest, and avenger Bond, played by poor (Tom Cruise) under the name, ONLY the name, of Mission Impossible TV show.. Just Grrrr!
Hence, that was Mission Impossible without The Mission Impossible usual. A smart thriller that didn't show some smart plot. A movie with unconvincing lead. And despite being partly watchable, this is naturally a shock for the TV show fans.
Wanna explain everything? I'll do it in one line: Cruise is the producer of all the three MI movies to date. And simply the man wanted some space to make his own action blockbusters, NOT a movie with 5 stars about team of 5 agents. However, something in you must scream angrily that he just picked the wrong origin to mess with; where the main wrong happened to the show!
ANYHOW. It's a *different formula* this time, which differs from big part of what the famous title tells, or used to tell. So if you want its artistic thriller: then this movie is for you. If you want its downright absurd action: it's part 2. And if you want the best of the previous 2 movies; then it's part 3 for you, which is their more perfect, less far from the original TV show.