Ridiculous Plot

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2006)

Predictable, flawed and boring. Don't know why so many people gave this film rave reviews, but I think they'll look back in years to come and realize that they were making a mistake - much the same as the academy did after giving the Titanic so many Oscars the same year as Memento and LA Confidential were brought to us.
As soon as Cruise gets caught and is helped escaped by the agent that sent him on the original mission it's obvious that he was just let go to steal the weapon (or whatever the hell it was - since we never find out, like I cared!).
Ethan Hunt is sent by the above mentioned agent to save an ex-student of his. In the process he is nearly killed (as it transpires - the agent that sends him tipped off the guards) and several goons are killed off.
It turns out he sent him on the mission so that Ethan would kidnap the person responsible, who'd then escape and kidnap Ethans wife as to coerce him to steal the weapon. The agent did this though believing that original girl may know his identity, and then pretends to shoot Ethans wife to find out if she did! As it was only pure luck that both of these impossible missions (the rescue and kidnapping) succeeded I'd say the agent is an idiot and would be a terrible poker player - he'd have a better chance going all in on a two, seven unsuited in Texas Holdem before the flop than Ethan succeeding in those two missions so he could get him to steal the weapon.
There were some good action scenes though, a bit where a car blew up that was shot well and a hot Asian chick as well. No goodies die as usual.