Product: Mission: Impossible (1996)
Rating: 5.0
"Action-Packed Film"
By the mid 1990's Tom Cruise became the biggest box office star of his time. In 1996 he starred in the theatrical revival of the 1960's and early 1970's CBS TV series "Mission:Impossible" playing good-looking Ethan Hunt, an undercover spy working for the CIA. Many ardent "Mission:Impossible" TV show fans regard the filmed versions as stand alone stories as the only similarity between the series and films are the title and jazzy theme music. In the first outing Ethan is accused of killing his team of co-horts and it's entirely up to him to find the culprit who framed him."Mission:Impossible" was produced on an amazing $80,000,000 budget and it shows: the movie was filmed in many areas around the world including England and France and the action sequences are some of the biggest ever produced. The film eventually grossed over $450,000,000 and would go on to spawn four more sequels as of 2011.