Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol review
26 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The fourth film in the Mission Impossible film franchise, very loosely based on a 1960's television series. Starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. Also starring Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton. After a mission in the Kremlin goes horribly awry, Ethan Hunt and his team must travel across the world (from, Russia, to Dubai to India) to prevent a nuclear war. What follows is a series of high flying stunts (some involving the Burj Khalifa), and daring deeds, as Hunt and his team go about their mission.
The storylines are good (More so than expected), with the team being on their own without the resources of the Impossible Mission Force to back them up, thus having to improvise solutions to the problems that come up. Also an influence is the fact that Russian agents are after them (due to the events at the Kremlin. This introduces another wrinkle, their invention causes problems during the chase of the matermind behind the nuclear war scheme. Tom Cruise is great presence as Ethan Hunt.
Also, Simon Pegg adds a slightly comic releif aspect to the film in his role as the team's technician. A rather better film than I expected. 8/10.