Mission Impossible to Sit Through.

Rating: 3/10 (19 June 2015)

Mission: Impossible (1996): Dir: Brian De Palma / Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Kristin Scott Thomas: Based on the popular T.V. series about secret operations of difficult proportions, and it stars Tom Cruise as a professional spy. The names of America's double agents are contained on a computer disc and he must prevent it from being stolen. Before that, he and his team must photograph the evidence of the theft taking place. While certainly entertaining the story derails into implausible action scenes as oppose to the cleverness of the TV show. It is unfortunate that this is the biggest hit for director Brian De Palma. He is a skillful director whose talent has been applied to better films such as Sisters and Dressed to Kill. The film is well made technically but perhaps more on the spy mission would have elevated it to a more intelligent level. Cruise holds his own as the spy but the same cannot be said of the supporting players. Capable actors such as Jon Voight, Ving Rhames and Jean Reno labour under flat material. Kristin Scott Thomas makes an appearance amongst the less fortunate in the pointless opening. Filled with exhilarating action that are as far fetched as they come but its biggest fault is subduing itself in the action as oppose to clever writing. To actually hire a real screenwriter would be an impossible task I suppose. Score: 3 ½ / 10