Impossibly Bad

Rating: 1/10 (12 May 2006)

I thought the first movie was average. The second one was pathetic. This one is ... also pathetic. Tired, tired, tired. The producers/script writers/director still haven't turned out a Mission: Impossible! Using the title, the theme and some of the series' devices (self-destruct in 5 seconds, etc) does not a Mission: Impossible film make! Where is the team work? Why does each Tom cruise movie have to revolve around Cruise's character??? They should really have created a plot which involved five team members (all being given good screen time). The action/stunts in this film are VERY ORDINARY. The camera work is way too over done in the action, making it difficult to discern what is going on. The sound mix is way too over the top )made me whine every time someone fired a gun!). And a side point: I found this entry in the series way too nasty. They tried to up the gravitas of the movie by making the villain more psychologically sadistic, but I feel that Mission: Impossible should not really be the place for these kind of depictions. If anyone wants to see a good Mission: Impossible movie go watch Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven". If you want to see a great Mission: Impossible movie then go watch "The Sting". The elaborate plotting of the original TV series is nowhere to be seen in this awful, awful movie. As an action thriller it doesn't even deliver.