"FRANCHISE RANKING: The "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" Movies"
Below is my ranking of the five movies in "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" movie franchise. Based upon the 1966-1973 television series, the movies star Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames:
"FRANCHISE RANKING: THE "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" MOVIES"
1. "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" (2011) - In this fourth and in my opinion, the best movie in the franchise; Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear IMF's name, when the organization is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin. The cast included Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Michael Nyqvist. Brad Bird directed.
2. "Mission Impossible" (1996) - In this first movie in the franchise, IMF agent Ethan Hunt is framed for the murders of his fellow agents during a mission gone wrong in Prague, and selling government secrets to a mysterious international criminal known only as "Max." The cast included Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Henry Czerny and Vanessa Redgrave. Brian DePalma directed.
3. "Mission Impossible III" (2006) - Directed by J.J. Abrams, Ethan Hunt returns as a field agent to investigate the death of his protégé and a ruthless arms dealer. The cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jonathan Rhys Meyer, Maggie Q, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan and Laurence Fishburne.
4. "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" (2015) - After the IMF is disbanded, Ethan Hunt and a group of fellow agents take on the Syndicate, an international rogue organization led by a former intelligence agent bent upon blackmailing the major governments of the world with acts of terror. Directed by Christopher MacQuarrie, the cast includes Sean Harris, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Simon McBurney and Alec Baldwin.
5. "Mission Impossible II" (2000) - Ethan Hunt goes undercover to stop an ex-IMF agent's mad scheme to steal a deadly virus and sell the antidote to the highest bidder. Although my least favorite, it featured my favorite action sequence in the entire franchise. The cast included Thandie Newton, Dougary Scott, Richard Roxburgh, Brendan Gleeson and Anthony Hopkins. John Woo directed.