Caution Rating: 14 year olds and younger only

Rating: 2/10 (15 October 2013)

Last night I watched MI ghost protocol (the one after this one) on the recommendation of my brother---this one seemed much worse but maybe it is partially just that I have had my fill of this stuff? This movie seemed to drag on and on and on. The night stuff is particularly tedious because you can't even enjoy the cinematography. In fact the whole Chinese part was a drag.
The story a crazy bad man wants to start a war using "the Rabbit's foot" probably a deadly virus that will be dropped on the middle east oil countries. But IMF has been infiltrated! Ethan Hunt must find and deliver the "rabbits foot" to the bad guy within 48 hours or his new wife will be killed.
Let me pause here. These movies are what they are (action and tech gimmicks and some well done black humor) trying to tack on melodrama (Cruise's new wife) and the twists of double crossing by infiltration effectively ruins them by slowing things way down. In fact melodrama is the exact thing you don't want in these nor confusing infiltration issues. They are essentially like action video games with great cinematography and tech tricks adding other things ruins them. Black humor (however) can enhance them a lot (but only if done well.)
There is an attempt at humor in this movie during the Vatican sequence that falls completely flat. With a caricature of Italians arguing. It just wasn't well acted neither Cruise nor the other actor made convincing Italians.
The part at the Vatican was fun (daylight) but it runs out of steam when the double crosses start etc...and from the bridge scene on it is tedious. It was boring enough that you begin to wonder about Cruise's height (5'6) and sexuality and wish it would just end.
It sort of combines Melodrama Yuppie stuff (Cruise's new bride is a Pediatric Resident) with Bond and Kung Fu stuff---do I see a little Chinese provenance in the back ground??
The one last night MI Ghost was significantly better but maybe also my quota of this stuff is limited since I am no longer 14?
DO NOT RECOMMEND if over 14
Stats: The film cost $150 million and grossed $400 million world wide. Being number 1 in many countries for many weeks so what do I know about business? There must be a lot of 14 year olds at heart out there.