Entertaining & Fast-Paced!

Rating: 7/10 (24 August 2011)

'Mission: Impossible', directed by Brian De Palma, is an Entertaining & Fast-Paced Action-Thriller. It manages to hold your interest, at most times and is truly worth a watch.
'Mission: Impossible' follows agent Ethan Hunt, and his mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire IMF team.
'Mission: Impossible' begins well and only gathers it's momentum in the process. Being an Action-Thriller, this Box-Office Blockbuster, offers the correct amount of thrills & chills. The Screenplay by David Koepp & Robert Towne is well-done. Brian De Palma's Direction, like always, is note-worthy. Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum, is striking. Editing is fair.
Performance-Wise: Tom Cruise plays the Main Hero, most convincingly. Jon Voight is quite good. Jean Reno & Ving Rhames, are impressive. Emmanuelle is noticeable. Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Scott Thomas & Ingeborga Dapkunaite appear in cameos.
On the whole, A Winner!