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Summary: Mission: Impossible
Review: The match is lit. Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emanuelle Beart, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, and Henry Czerny star in a suspenseful film from Paramount Pictures and director Brian De Palma. It all starts when super agent Ethan Hunt's (Cruise) I.M.F. team is dramatically killed in a mission in Prague. When he discovers he was framed, he dives into a whole new level of action with a new I.M.F. team, with Luther (Rhames) and an Italian (Reno). Then he finds out in the center of it all is his former boss of his illflated original team, Jim Phelps (Voight). Fleeing from government agents and C.I.A. assassins, Hunt springs into action in an attempt to stop his former friend and now evil nemesis Phelps. Suspenseful and well-done. Produced by star Tom Cruise himself along with Paula Wagner. This hit produced a sequel, Mission: Impossible 2, made in Australia and directed by John Woo, which will be released in theatres soon.
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Summary: great friday night movie
Review: action,suspense, and tom cruise, what else would you need
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Summary: bad audio and digital artifacts
Review: the movie was entertaining for an action flick but the DVD quality is pretty bad. Constant pixel crawl along edges was very distracting and the dialogue was behind the actors lips on numerous occasions.
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Summary: .
Review: Mm. Truly a poor and silly film. If you took an episode of the old series and drained out everything that was interesting, and replaced it all with cliches, bad dialogue, flat characters, a boring story, and gimmicky, over-the-top "plot twists" -- you'd have this. There's just nothing remotely good about it -- *except* for the famous scene in which Cruise is suspended in that high-security room trying to retreive -- a disk or something? (It's been a while.) This one scene -- is very good. Crafty, suspenseful, and quite well edited from what I remember. If you decide to rent this movie (god forbid you *buy* it!) -- I would recommend fast-forwarding until you reach this scene, watching it, and then moving on, to spend the remainder of your day or evening in a more productive and enriching fashion. You might want to take a peek at the climax action sequence too, it's fairly original (although WAY over-the-top) and pretty to see.
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Summary: The Worst movie of the decade!
Review: This movie broke down on numerous occasions into the realm of the unbelievable. Even fantasy and sci-fi movies present ideas and events in a way that the audience can accept as logical for the story. But Mission Impossible contains scenes that are stupid, illogical, unnecessary, and unrealistic.Why would a man who is a genius and the mastermind of the MI Force betray his country and his friends for a mere million dollars when he could easily obtain it legally? Why would this man turn his back on his enemy to kill his friend? How could a man survive a helicopter explosion while traveling at high speed in a tunnel? This is not just a bad movie, it is an insult to all fans of the TV series. Obviously the producers did not care about that. They are only after a quick buck from the name recognition. This is SHAMEFUL!
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Summary: I¿m not laughing AT it. I¿m laughing WITH it.
Review: We all know Brian Depalma hasn't had an original idea since capuccino was invented, that he irregularly stumbles into a commercial success just often enough to keep him in cannolis. But this deal is a bigger mistake than usual. I mean it starts with Henry Czerny delivering the famous 'Good Morning Mr. Phelps' line. Are you kidding me? Henry friggin' Czerny? (and I like Henry Czerny!) It is blasphemy of the highest order. Maybe Fran Drescher will be available for the sequel. On to our 'hero'-his name is Ethan Hunt. All the on-screen presence of Ethan Hawke, plus all the machismo of Helen Hunt. Now I don't know how many focus groups it took to come up with it, but every time Mr. Cruise's on-screen monniker was spoken throughout the film, I couldn't help but think I was either at a polo match or a drug-anon meeting. A superb cast. Emmanuelle Beart-wasted, Jean Reno-wasted, Kristin Scott Thomas, Henry Czerny, Ving Rhames, Jon Voight-wasted, wasted, wasted, and wasted. Dale Dye even gets a chance to make a less than meaningful impression. I can't agree that the story was confusing--it was just plain stupid. David Koepp should've done better-although sadly (without giant dinosaurs) this might just be his best , and Steven Zaillian, a true talent should be ashamed. An out and out embarrassment at every level.
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Summary: A Mission Worth Excepting
Review: Sleek, stylish and bathed in rich hues, the movie based on the popular TV series far surpasses it's predecessor. Helmed by Brian DePalm, whose resume is a monument of inconsistentcy ranging from the great (Blow Out) to the not-so-great, he's the definative hit-or-miss director. And this one he knocks out of the park. Tom Cruise takes on the leading role of Ethan Hunt (adding to his credibility as more than a pretty face) and does a convincing job with a role that in less suitable hands could be viewed as one dimensional. Things get rolling early and often as the team of C.I.A. agents prepare an elaporate sting of a computer pirate looking to cash in by selling a list of undercover agents to the highest bidder. Before long the plan falls apart and Ethan finds himself the only surviving member of his team and in turn is suspected of killing the others. Though the plot is more intricate than it seems, don't be fooled (after all this is a popcorn movie). All in all it's a rip-roaring adventure with assets that far outweigh it's faults.
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Summary: Don't listen to the negative reviews.
Review: "Oh, there's no plot," they say. Then they obviously didn't watch the movie, and have no clue as to how the real spy world works. Sure, the plot may not involve the destruction of an entire city ("Goldeneye"), but rather, the plot is much more clandestine, which makes for a better spy film anyway. Cruise, unlike the other people say, did a remarkable job acting, and had a good supporting cast. There is very good action and suspense. (Ok, the tunnel scene at the end is questionable on the reality scale, but it made for a good movie.) The music in the film is very fitting and suspenseful. "Mission: Impossible" never gets old. It's complicated, and is a very "real" spy movie, unlike James Bond and the rest. In reality, it compliments the TV series very well. I just hope the sequal is just as good, if not better. Buy it - trust me, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Change The Title
Review: This is a nice summer Tom Cruise movie. It has a decent plot, magic tricks, Ving Rhames and Jean Reno. It is NOT Mission: Impossible. Despite some half-hearted attempts at teamwork and a scene blatantly stolen from Topkapi, Koepp and De Palma have taken one of the great ensemble shows and turned it into Tommy Bond. This film, despite its occasional strengths, doesn't deserve to be called Mission: Impossible. Watch it only if you were never a fan.
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Summary: Impossibly dull
Review: The first 15 minutes of the film nod to the original series and promise a slick new version for the 90s. Then suddenly the film becomes dull, predictable and cliched, featuring all the ideas that had previously been rejected as potential storylines for an MI film - ideas suggested by people who knew little about the series but thought the title sounded catchy. When the mission goes wrong and Ethan is speaking to Phelps...its so obvious what is happening and the film vanishes under a cloud of predictability. After the excellent first quarter hour the film plods along between its two dull stunt set-pieces. Even these are just the usualy "by-the-book" standard fare from the Hollywood production line. If you've seen one explosive/roller-coaster ride/hero triumphs over bad guy sequemce you've seem them all. When Ethan breaks into the CIA to steal the CNOC list - there's nothnig new there at all. Its a scene that has been used in other films and a great many commercials. The Channel Tunnel scene is utterly laughable - not once did it have me on the end my seat - it just had me at the end of my tether that the film deteriorated so progressively. I have heard some people say that this is a complicated film - I can only say that its complicated if you come in durnig the end titles. This is simplistic drivel, not only easy to follow but easy to predict. If you can't see what's happening next then you are too young to be watching this film. Overall, a lame, boring film which again demonstrates that Brian dePalma is an overrrated director. Even the one outstanding scene I remember from one of his films was ripped-off from another (Battleship Potemkin). If you liked the TV series - AVOID the film. If you like production line films with a couple of stupid stunt scenes in them then this will suit you right down to the ground.
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