Mission: Impossible Is Nearly Impossible To Follow!

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2015)

One of the most popular films of the 1990s that catapulted Tom Cruise into the league of Hollywood's biggest stars, Mission: Impossible is an intriguing, entertaining & seemingly engaging spy-thriller that packs in enough action spectacle to satisfy its viewers but also suffers due to its convoluted premise, illogical twists & unfleshed characters.
The story of Mission: Impossible follows Ethan Hunt; the point man of a secret government agency who's suspected to be the mole within the organisation after he turns out to be the sole survivor of a mission gone wrong. Fleeing from the scene to avoid arrest, Hunt enlists the help of two former agents to find out the real culprit and prove his innocence.
Helmed by Brian De Palma (the director of Carrie & Scarface), the storyline is quite difficult to follow for there are many twists n turns in the movie that don't make much sense. Even the script is poorly written for the plot & characters lack considerable depth & substance, and the only thing that saves it from being an absolute disaster is the inventive action it has in store.
Set design is very much in sync with De Palma's style, Camera-work is fluid & is at its best during the action sequences, Editing provides a steady pace for the events to unfold but makes the narrative too complex, background score is fitting, special effects is impressive and amongst its cast, only Tom Cruise is the one who puts in some effort to stay out of the complaint zone.
On an overall scale, Mission: Impossible may give the illusion of a clever & intelligent spy- thriller but beneath that false sugarcoating is something that's hollow, mediocre & absurd. The action segments do a terrific job in hiding its faulty layers, and most viewers won't even mind its lacking elements as long as they are entertained but its shortcomings are exposed on multiple viewings.