I tend to just brush over Tom Cruise movies these days. I can't say exactly why but he just doesn't seem to do it for me anymore, for want of a better way of putting it.
After butchering the talents of Philip Seymour Hoffman in MI3 I did approach Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (don't know why they couldn't have just called it MI4) with a little bit of caution.
Happily, Tom Cruise delivered here going back to the role of super spy Ethan Hunt. What makes him likable is that he doesn't seem to take himself too seriously and seems like he's having a bit of fun.
With movies like the Bourne series and the new James Bond movies surpassing what Cruise did in the first two films, therefore making his effort in the third one look ordinary, he has definitely paid attention and the writers have gone all out to try and at least match those films.
A solid support cast helps and plenty of 'no-way' action scenes (the one on the Burj in Dubai comes to mind) make MI4 quite entertaining.
When the IMF is closed down by the US president Hunt and his team are forced to go rogue to stop a terrorist called Hendricks (Michael Niqvist from the Swedish Dragon Tattoo series) the gathers his small team and travels the globe to fulfil their mission. The team consists of a long time tech-turned agent Benji (Simon Pegg), who provides a lot of the comic relief, and agents Jane (Paula Patton) and Brandt (the excellent Jeremy Renner).
There are a number of spectacular scenes - the aforementioned Burj scene, the sandstorm chase is pretty cool if completely unbelievable, the Kremlin blowing up... to name a few.
I'd have to say even if you have cooled on Tom Cruise in the past few years but enjoyed the original couple of movies then you'll be in for a treat. A 7 out of 10.
After butchering the talents of Philip Seymour Hoffman in MI3 I did approach Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (don't know why they couldn't have just called it MI4) with a little bit of caution.
Happily, Tom Cruise delivered here going back to the role of super spy Ethan Hunt. What makes him likable is that he doesn't seem to take himself too seriously and seems like he's having a bit of fun.
With movies like the Bourne series and the new James Bond movies surpassing what Cruise did in the first two films, therefore making his effort in the third one look ordinary, he has definitely paid attention and the writers have gone all out to try and at least match those films.
A solid support cast helps and plenty of 'no-way' action scenes (the one on the Burj in Dubai comes to mind) make MI4 quite entertaining.
When the IMF is closed down by the US president Hunt and his team are forced to go rogue to stop a terrorist called Hendricks (Michael Niqvist from the Swedish Dragon Tattoo series) the gathers his small team and travels the globe to fulfil their mission. The team consists of a long time tech-turned agent Benji (Simon Pegg), who provides a lot of the comic relief, and agents Jane (Paula Patton) and Brandt (the excellent Jeremy Renner).
There are a number of spectacular scenes - the aforementioned Burj scene, the sandstorm chase is pretty cool if completely unbelievable, the Kremlin blowing up... to name a few.
I'd have to say even if you have cooled on Tom Cruise in the past few years but enjoyed the original couple of movies then you'll be in for a treat. A 7 out of 10.
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