Brian DePalma's descent

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2006)

Get over it, people. "Mission: Impossible" was little more than an excuse to show off Tom Cruise. In fact, the only impossible thing in the movie was to understand the plot. Why is it that Brian DePalma, after a great resume (think "Phantom of the Paradise", "Carrie", "Dressed to Kill", "Blowout", "Scarface", "Bonfire of the Vanities", "Carlito's Way") have to go all Hollywood on us? To make matters worse, he followed it up with the even more ridiculous "Snake Eyes". I haven't seen any of his movies since then, but I read that they all sucked.
All in all, this movie barely reflects the TV series. I never saw the sequel but I heard that it was basically the same, and for some reason they decided to make a third one to be released this summer. Hollywood just doesn't know when to quit, do they?