By the way, I haven't seen one episode of the original TV series!
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a member of IMF (Impossible Mission Force) and must solve the mystery of who killed his comrades (Emilio Estevez and Jon Voight among others) in their last mission in order to clear his name. Henry Czerny plays a character who is chasing him down. He recruits Ving Rhames (playing Luther Stickell) and Jean Reno into his crew and they pull off a few crazy stunts in order to find the perpetrator. It turns out Jeno Reno's character is helping Jon Voight (who is playing Jim Phelps, the main character of the original TV series) who faked his death. This has some great action scenes and some pretty intense dialogue scenes as well. Brian De Palma (Carrie, Scarface, and The Untouchables) directed this and it feels very much the same as those films. 3.5/5🌟🌟🌟
Also Vanessa Redgrave is in this and she's always awesome....and old looking since like 1975.
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Oh boy... They handed the franchise over to John Woo, who was coming off of Face/Off. And man, this was disappointing. Too many masks, flying birds, and crazy fights. Though the cast is legit. With Cruise and Rhames returning and adding Dougray Scott, Richard Roxburgh, Thandie Newton, and even Brendan Gleeson and Anthony Hopkins. 2/5 🌟🌟
Thandie Newton is hot though and Cruises hair looks great
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
After the first two films, one could argue that the franchise was dead. But who do you give a dying franchise to? JJ Abrams (Star Trek, Star Wars). A star studded cast and brilliant action scenes save this movie, who's plot is a little crazy at times. The Bridge scene is great and so is the capture of the rabbit's foot. Billy Crudup, Jonathon Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, and Laurence Fishburne join the cast and do great in their short screen times. Maggie Q is in this as well, right before she was in Live Free or Die Hard and now is in the terrible Divergent Series. Also Simon Pegg's character Benji joins the cast and helps Ethan, who is now married to Michelle Monaghan's character. And I couldn't go without saying something about Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian. He's a great villain and truly menacing. 3.5/5 🌟🌟🌟
Also this was during Tom Cruise's crazy phase. This movie also has the worst posters of the franchise...just sayin.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Ethan Hunt is once again on the run, and enlists Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner to help him. Brad Bird (director) lets Tom Cruise go all out on his stunts. Most famously the scene where Tom Cruise is dangling from the tallest building in the world. Talk about white knuckle. Also the hallway scene is pretty good as well. This put M:I back on the map and let us know Tom Cruise is still kicking ass. This is the best of the series 4/5🌟🌟🌟🌟
Also Tom Wilkinson makes a cameo, as do Ving Rhames and Michelle Monaghan at the end.
Which leads me to...
Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation (2015)
Have you seen the trailer?? Tom Cruise is hanging off of a plane as it takes off! It's insane! Also it's IMF vs The Syndicate while the CIA is chasing Ethan Hunt. The Syndicate being an "anti-IMF" group who possess the same skills. Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Ving Rhames are all back for this adventure which drops in July. Also Alec Baldwin leads the force hunting the IMF agents.
Christoper McQuarrie directs this. He previously directed Jack Reacher, which also starred Tom Cruise. That film was alright and I'm excited to see what will become of this film!
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