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Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol (12A)

Action, Adventure, Thriller

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.


The critical consensus

This is a good value, bang for your buck, old-fashioned blockbuster that makes up in action what it lacks in soul.

***(*)(*)Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 11/12/2011

Bird’s direction is so consistently thrilling it almost hides the movie’s flaws, which lie in the main characters’ lack of emotional complexity.

***(*)(*)Rob Carnevale, The List, 12/12/2011

A few damp squibs aside, Bird’s sensibilities make for the most animated Mission to date. Don’t see in IMAX if you’re a vertigo sufferer, though…

****(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 12/12/2011

Still not an essential series like Bourne or Bond, but this entry has a refreshingly light touch and some of the best action of 2011. See it at an IMAX for optimal vertigo-inducing effect.

***(*)(*)Nick de Semlyen, Empire Online, 14/12/2011

Cruise’s conviction and sheer sweat carries the day.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 16/12/2011

Cruise and his team (Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton) can tick off the most ludicrously challenging feats as easily as they can saunter away from bone-shattering falls. The joke soon wears thin.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent on Sunday, 18/12/2011

In the end it feels more like Cruise fulfilling a bucket list than a proper movie.

Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 22/12/2011

Occasionally semi-awesome, but not nearly awesome enough.

Matt Bochenski, Little White Lies, 21/12/2011

Breathtaking flair marks a return to form for the action franchise.

Paul Greenwood, Evening Times, 22/12/2011

Like every other Mission: Impossible, the story is a riot of nonsense with lots of boys' toys and stunts to distract the viewer from the more obvious absurdities. In short, the perfect popcorn movie over Christmas.

***(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 22/12/2011

It's riven with absurdities, of course, both large and small...but Brad Bird whips it along with such verve, and at such a pace, that – daft as it is – the thing works.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 23/12/2011

Despite those fears of franchise fatigue, the film is a winner and certainly the best M:I film since the original.

****(*)David Edwards, Daily Record, 23/12/2011

Tom Cruise rises to the challenge in the latest 'Mission: Impossible’ caper, a fast-paced, gravity-defying thrill ride.

****(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 22/12/2011

Bird manages the escalations from the preposterous through the more preposterous to the most preposterous with skill and wit, but there isn't much time for developing complex relationships when you're constantly accepting missions to save the world.

Philip French, The Observer, 01/01/2012

Despite Cruise’s enthusiasm for risky business, Ghost Protocol feels relentless, purposeless and awfully safe.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 03/01/2012

Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol (12A)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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