Mission: Success

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2006)

How surprised I was when I saw this! Even with the bad publicity Cruise has been getting lately, his performance makes you completely forget about it and sucks you right into the movie. The guy is a fantastic actor and a very dedicated and hard working one at that! The film is intense from start to finish and features great actors, directing, story and music.
Focusing on Ethan Hunt's personal life is a nice change, and it's good to see a different side of the character. I was also very pleased to see classic Mission Impossible elements show up in this movie, such as the very detailed 'facemaker' scene, and some classic musical cues showing up (in particular 'The Plot' when the team assembles for the first time).
This is an action packed movie with some thrilling and powerful elements thrown into the mix. This installment to the M:I series is quite possibly it's best, if not slightly second to the first. Keep an eye out for this film's well planned infiltration sequence at the Vatican!
I would love to see an M:I-4, but this time with a more dramatic and thriller type story as seen in Mission: Impossible 1.
Good job.