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Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible (1996)

May. 22,1996
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7.2
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PG-13
| Adventure Action Thriller

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

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Pjtaylor-96-138044
1996/05/22

'Mission: Impossible (1996)' favours meticulously set-up, supremely suspenseful espionage over balls-to-the-wall action but still delivers delirious amounts of both in its brilliant set-pieces. These are each as unique and thrilling as the last, present only as extensions to an intriguing and involving narrative that rarely, if ever, makes a mistake and constantly keeps you on the edge of your seat. While I can see why fans of the original and revival series may have been upset with the handling of the only returning character, I feel as though the filmmakers made a ballsy decision in their adaptation and ultimately created a piece faithful to the spirit and tone of the show. The movie is extremely entertaining, a more meticulous and perhaps subtle 'action film' than usual (indeed, our hero refreshingly never even fires a gun). You just have to strap in and enjoy the ride while never even thinking about 'turning your brain off' - perhaps it is those that did that found the movie 'confusing'. If you're willing, you'll experience an incredibly exciting picture that launched one of the best film franchises of all time. 8/10

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arjunflamingfeather
1996/05/23

The moment in 'Mission Impossible' the cinema is the comprehension of what is cinema to the fourth world countries which is a set of digital footage which has been recorded to preserve a movement in two dimension and which has a sequence. The English language speaking and reading public in the fourth world countries are set to watch mission impossible: national geographical has entrepreneurs travelling to these parts. The nations at the far corners of the world are countries graded by wealth: gross domestic products but cinema halls in these parts are few. Cinema has a reach because digital media is the part of recording that is being reviewed for the movie that 'we' have seen. The proof that it is fiction is the page that opens certain movies like Mission Impossible: Fallout in the year two thousand and eighteen. The cinema which aired in the third world on Friday is Mission Impossible which with a translation to the fourth world countries is the language spoken 'here'. Please watch Mission Impossible starring Tom Cruise.

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alcantaraj-16594
1996/05/24

Despite the third act's outdated CGI/green screen effects, a movie that is beautifully written and acted with action-packed scenes can still be seen in "Mission: Impossible." NOTE: I NEVER SAW THE TV SERIES.

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cruise01
1996/05/25

Mission Impossible (3 out of 5 stars).Mission Impossible is a decent action spy film. Yes, it is a great start for a franchise based on a tv series. I did find this film to be quite boring and slow at times. The plot was all over the place and had a couple of twists that is not surprising. It had a couple of action sequences like an infiltration scene were Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is dangling from the ceiling in a high security room. And the climatic bullet train scene were Tom Cruise is chasing the bad guy on top of the train. Which can be breathtaking. But otherwise, the film suffers from poor editing and pacing issues. The plot follows Ethan Hunt trying to find a mole in his team. After his team's mission was sabotaged and wiped out. He spends most of the movie in a safe room, looking at books, and trying to find traces of were the money that was setting him up. There is a couple of twists were good guys turned bad. Or bad guys turned good. It just suffered from poor pacing. There are a couple of action sequences. The climatic scene was the only exciting part of the movie. But it does take a long way to get there. Director Brian De Palma could have done the film a bit better. The characters were undeveloped. Jean Reno, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny, Ving Rhames, and Jon Voight could have all stuck out. But there characters were all flat. Tom Cruise was good playing the IMF agent. Overall, Mission Impossible is a fair film. It only had one exciting action sequence. The plot was dull and boring about them trying to find a mole in their agency and spend most of it in one room, the characters were forgettable, and Tom Cruise was the only good thing about the movie.

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