Product: Mission: Impossible (1996)
Rating: 3.0
Entertaining spy romp
Mission Impossible is a mindless, extremely silly adventure that makes for great entertainment. I lost track of the plot after a while, but it didn't seem to matter. The movie survives by moving from one set-piece to the next and triumphs because De Palma keeps the tongue firmly in the cheek at all times.The finale is ridiculously far-fetched, but when at the height of its silliness Lalo Schifrin's original Mission Impossible theme kicks in, the film's self-parodying nature becomes suddenly becomes abundantly clear. Best of all, De Palma achieves this comedic edge without losing any of the suspense or drama.No classic, but it works great on its own terms.