Mission: Impossible review

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2020)

High-tech (for 1996) resurrection of the 60s/70s US TV show has Tom Cruise seeking to clear his name after most of his crew are wiped out during an apparently straightforward mission. A restrained Brian De Palma delivers an enjoyable action thriller which only fleetingly references its source material - most obviously with the theme tune and the occasional whipping off of face masks. Low point is the ridiculous finale in which a helicopter chases a high-speed train through the channel tunnel.