Fantastic Movie

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2006)

*MINOR SPOILERS*
This is probably the best Mission: Impossible movie and it's also a very good spy movie in its own respect. It starts out great and only gets better as the film goes along.
The action is great in the movie and the actual action scenes are long, intense, and thrilling. They are very well executed.
Phillip Seymor Hoffman's character is REALLY evil in the film, and Hoffman does an amazing acting job. Cruise is also very good in the film, especially when he gets emotional because his "love interest" is in danger, and when he gets beat up or tortured. You actually feel his pain, not just see it! He's great! Ving Rhames is Ving Rhames but he'll always be Luther Stickell to me. He does a great job, like always! Maggie Q, Billy Crudup, Jon Rhyes-Meyers and Simon Pegg are also great in the movie and Laurence Fishbourne also does a good job of the harsh, rough-and-tough boss.
Oh, and did I mention that almost all of the characters get beat up really bad in this movie? It's true.
There are also some very humorous parts in the film and it does a good job of feeling like the first M:I while also executing intense action. The music in the film is also excellent.
The film is so good that, even though it's only a thriller, there are some parts that actually frightened or disturbed me. There are some nice twists in the film also.
We also finally get to see how they make those photo-realistic masks and the accompanying voice!!! The fights between Cruise and PSH are also great. There are also some VERY disturbing things PSH does in the film.
I am already planning to get the DVD when it comes out. This film is so great! And if you loved the vault scene from the first one, you'll also love the Vatican scene in this one. Not only does the Vatican scene feel like the vault scene, but there's also a HUGE, COLOSSAL reference to the vault scene from the first one.
In conclusion, this is already one of my favorite films of the year and is not to be missed out on!