The theme of the movie revolves around the idea of the world closing in around someone and in the face of adversity to face it head on and see it through to the end.

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2011)

The movie, Mission Impossible starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, follows his almost impossible task of clearing his name and finding the mole after a mission breaks down and his team is eliminated. The team consisted of Jim Phelps (Jon Voigt), his wife Claire Phelps (Emmanuelle Beart), Sarah Davies (Kristin Scott Thomas), Hannah Williams (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) and Jack (Emilio Estevez). The mission, to stop an American diplomat from selling off a NOC list filled with the identities of covert agents. With Ethan the only one of his team that appeared to be left standing found that the real mission was the attempt by his unofficial CIA organization to smoke out a mole. He is left to seek the truth by making some unlikely alliances and commit to steal the real NOC list and sell it off to the initial buyers to do some smoking out of his own.
The theme of the movie revolves around the idea of the world closing in around someone and in the face of adversity to face it head on and see it through to the end. This can be shown in many action packed sequences in the film when Ethan takes a piece of exploding gum to narrowly escape situations where the audience is felt like he is backed in a corner with nowhere to go. There are other situations in the film where he is trying to prevent the world from closing in around him by placing his own traps to warn him of impending danger. Ethan the hero always tries to stay one step ahead of everyone so that the same repeat of misfortune doesn't rear its ugly head.
Mission Impossible falls in the lines of action packed movies like The Bourne Identity or even James Bond movies, smart and inventive keeping audiences on their toes, trying to guide the viewers to think one step ahead with the main character. To emphasize the action in the scenes Mission Impossible incorporates both slow motion and fast paced motion. When Ethan escapes the restaurant after meeting with Kittridge (Henry Czerny), the stick of exploding gum is thrown against an aquarium creating a diversion that follows a slow motion scene of him escaping unharmed. When Ethan is chasing the villain trying to escape from a high speed train to a helicopter, he stops at nothing to make sure that good prevails. Once again the exploding gum saves the day when the helicopter pilot tries to decapitate Ethan with the blades of the helicopter. This sequence, as unrealistic as it seems, is made realistic with the wind whipping the actor's clothes and hair while the background zips by. The sounds are brought to life with the thunderous noise of the train on the tracks, the wind and the helicopter following close behind.
The movie isn't a part of my favorite genre and sometimes find myself having to see these action films more than once because there is so much going on. I did like the movie but I can't say it's one of my favorites. It definitely is a must see and recommend it to anyone who wants to see a good movie with a good plot and action packed.