The best Mission Impossible

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2015)

To me this is the best movie of the entire series for several reasons.
First, unlike the 4 sequels, this thriller is more cerebral. There is less action and the story is holding up. There are maybe not many spectacular stunts but what it lacks about it is regained by the deepness of the characters. Tom Cruise is playing a manipulated man, betrayed by his own boss and who is resolved to get his reputation back by taking down the mastermind who killed his entire team to frame him. The suspense is present all the time and we discover the real villain at the very end of the movie.
The second asset is the cast. You wouldn't expect better actors to star in this movie: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Vingh Rhymes, Jean Reno, Kristin Scott Thomas. This is a five star casting and it serves the plot to the perfection. We're feeling a chemistry between those actors and they play their parts genuinely which was not sometimes the case during the sequels.
The third good point is the directing and editing. It's dark and tense just like it should be. There is no time out sometimes we are lost but we always are able to keep up with the story thanks to the directing. I never felt out of the movie I was kept in and interested in. Not only because of Tom but mostly because it's so well shot, keeping us in the story. It's something the sequels lack. They are so focused on the action sometimes I'm wondering if some stunts are really necessary to the plot or it's only to satisfy Tom's ego.
I would have wished the sequels would have kept the same spirit than Mission Impossible. Less action but more story instead of a stunts piling up to cover not such a good story.