Product: Mission: Impossible (1996)
Rating: 2.0
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The only great thing about Mission Impossible (1996) directed by Brian De Palma and staring Tom Cruise and John Voight is the updating of the theme song. The new theme song was great. It's true the film had a lot of plot holes, but that's only one thing that bothered me when I saw it on the big screen. The plot was completely loused up. The beginning was the worst. Never have I seen a movie where the entire original team of anything is killed off two minutes into the movie. The entire IMF team is killed two minutes into the movie leaving pretty boy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as the only survivor. Ethan Hunt is the disguise expert of the force. This is the second thing that bothers me. Wasn't Paris played by Leonard Nimoy aka Spok always the one with the clever disguises on the team? I hate when movie makers take hold of an already good idea and twist and mold it into nothing, like creating new characters. They did it with Charlie's Angels (2000). What happened to Jill, Sabrina and Kelly? Sure one of the original characters makes a cameo in the sequel. Remember the motto: If it aint broke, don't fix it. This is completely ignored every time a studio makes a big budget production based on a classic TV series in my opinion (The Mod Squad). Now the nitty gritty of why I was disappointed with this film. What the film makers did to Jim Phelps (John Voight) is villainess and a crime! Jim Phelps is the leader right?! I have no idea what David Koepp, Steven Zaillian, and Robert Towne were thinking when they wrote this. This movie is all about Cruise, Cruise, and Cruise who co-produced. A better title would be Tom Cruise and the Mission. I love Brain De Palma's work especially The Untouchables and Phantom of the Paradise. However, he really jumped the gun. The supporting cast played their parts well and I give De Palma credit for trying.