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.
This is a good value, bang for your buck, old-fashioned blockbuster that makes up in action what it lacks in soul.
Bird’s direction is so consistently thrilling it almost hides the movie’s flaws, which lie in the main characters’ lack of emotional complexity.
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…
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.
The best one yet.
Cruise’s conviction and sheer sweat carries the day.
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.
In the end it feels more like Cruise fulfilling a bucket list than a proper movie.
Occasionally semi-awesome, but not nearly awesome enough.
Breathtaking flair marks a return to form for the action franchise.
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.
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.
Despite those fears of franchise fatigue, the film is a winner and certainly the best M:I film since the original.
Tom Cruise rises to the challenge in the latest 'Mission: Impossible’ caper, a fast-paced, gravity-defying thrill ride.
Solid entertainment.
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.
Despite Cruise’s enthusiasm for risky business, Ghost Protocol feels relentless, purposeless and awfully safe.
General release. Check local listings for show times.