Beats the rest by far, but the real star is J J Abrans

Rating: 10/10 (7 May 2006)

I watched Mission Impossible one the other day on Sky Movies one, the special effects look abit dated but the story was clever. I then tried watching Mission Impossible 2 but found that the whole idea was stupid, and the stunts where truly unbelievable. I then saw trailers for this and thought it looked as interesting as no. 2 however I noticed that it was by the same person who made "LOST" and like most people I like LOST so if anything i believed that the Director would make it be a great film...for once I was right.
The story is simple enough (and is already explained in loads of other reviews so I wont tell you about that) but it was very much like watching LOST in a way because it was simple but it still had parts that where unexpected, you thought or could guess what was going to happen but it was something totally different and I liked that it made it feel as if the people who made it had thought it through and tried to be modern but go back to Mission Impossible one.
People have been saying about Ethan Hunts character and the relationship side of it and the flashbacks but I personally thought that was a good idea to put it in the film, it made him seem as if he was more real and not like James Bond who when we watch it we have no idea about his social life or memories. It was a feel a key part to the way that you look at the film and the story, if you believe what you see then your going to follow it better, and because this character now has a background and now has a life outside what we know from previous films it just makes you think hes human, and hes normal.
I found that the action in the film was spot on it was enough to make you think "wow thats cool" but not too much to make you think "this is boring" the film is very fast in the way that you see the action, and this is helped by the excellent script. The action seems to make you feel as if you have been put right in the film, and in some scenes there is so much happening at once.
There are several key moments to the film, but I think the opening is the one of the best opens to a film that I have seen since Raiders of the Lost ark, it made you want to watch the film, I wont tell you any more than that because I'm sure you want to see it.
I personally feel that the real star is J J Abrans, he's directing is really good, and the way he works the camera to show different situations is spot on, this film id anything is like watching an episode of LOST, the plot is fast, there are a few flashbacks but nothing to put you off whats going on, the idea is simple, and the camera works is spot on, if you like the first Mission Impoossible then go and see this (in my opinion it is better than the first and this is what the other two films wish they where) And another thing....ignore this Scientologyistic, rubbish that people keep saying about with Tom Cruise, just go and see this film because it's quite simply an action adventure film.