The first of many to come.

Rating: Null/10 (27 February 2019)

Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible series (or saga) began in 1996 in this Brian De Palma movie. This is a nice enough movie with a good pace and some decent action scenes, but one can see Cruise's authority throughout. Fans of the TV series expecting a faithful translation may be disappointed. Except for a few nods to its small-screen predecessor, this Mission: Impossible is a vastly different, autonomous entity. There are some high-energy moments, but none offers more than a moment's edge-of-the-seat excitement. The end sequence on a high-speed train is a classic example- in the moment it is good, exhilarating even, but afterwards one can only recollect it being a high speed train action scene. Having said this, it is a decent action film which can be enjoyed with popcorn. Just do not judge this with the more recent entries which are definitely much better.