I almost didn’t write a review of Mission Impossible. Let’s face it if you are going to see this movie then you know what to expect. This is everything you would want, with a splash of something a little more. The Impossible Mission Force, has been decommissioned by the new CIA chief (Alec Baldwin), after the IMF were implicated in an attack on the Kremlin. Watch the before and after pictures without a snigger, I dare you.
Mission Impossible films do not take themselves too seriously, with their clever mixture of slapstick and fast paced action. With a better storyline than others in the franchise, there is no shortage of twists in the plot. The action is sharp and constant from beginning to end. You will not complain about a shortage of car or bike chases. The underwater action is also well done and made me feel breathless watching it. The villains are suitably villainous, with an almost over abundance of henchmen.
Ethan is his usual indestructible self, but Ilsa Faust, played by Rebecca Ferguson, steals the show. Isa gets all the best fight scenes and saves our hero more than once. Simon Pegg returns as Benji Dunn and puts some grit into his character as well as supplying most of the key comedy moments.
For all of that the music still makes Mission Impossible what it is. Nessum Dorma amps up the tension during a assassination scene, while we wait for the famous crescendo. Throughout the film, we are teased with that iconic mission impossible tune, hinted at until the climax of the action, where the whole audience looked ready to hum along.
After 5 movies it is good to see there is still some serious energy left in the franchise. Whether Tom Cruise can continue to do his own stunts is another matter.
