What a difference does 15 years make!

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2011)

This film is about a CIA agent who turns rogue after being accused of being a mole by his supervisor.
"Mission: Impossible" was the cool film back in those days, when it was considered to be so high tech and so full of mind-blowing action sequences. Rewatching it after over ten years, I just don't think it is as good as I thought it was. Yes, the plot is intense with lots of twists; and yes, it has a lot of quite amazing action involving a high speed train and a helicopter. But everything else is so dated. The set, especially in that CIA room where the computer is, looks like a set for a modern day cheap B movie. Not to mention that huge computer, floppy disks (invention of the last century!), and huge mobile phones...they make the film look a lot less cool than I remembered it to be. What a big difference does 15 years make to the film industry, and to the public's expectations! We are spoiled by Hollywood, and I feel a bit sorry for the filmmakers who constantly have to come up with new ways to marvel us.