I used to love watching the Mission Impossible series of movies as they were clever, exciting, and thrilling. The viewer got caught up in the "impossible" nature of the task and the people who comprised the squad of doers. You never really knew what was going to happen--or how it would happen--until the end of the film.
Not so with Tom Cruise's kick-ass adventure Mission. The viewer is told he's clever, but he's not as he just goes straight-on at the stunts to carry the film. The latest MI is a long stream of Cruise doing his own stunts, ending with a heliocopter event that was so ridiculous as to be funny. There really was no story to the film, just the endless chase scenes where, again, Cruise did his own stunts. The viewers in my audience all said the same thing when "that" scene came on: oh, here's where he broke his ankle. Guess I wasn't the only one not caught up in the story!
I would give this film a C: nothing spectacular and really missing the essence of the "impossible" stories that used to be the foundation for the MI franchise. I'm sure it'll be box office gold as everyone goes to it expecting a clever, well-crafted "impossible" storyline. I wonder how many viewers will be honest and admit that this film missed the mark?
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