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Mission: Impossible (1996)
This was a pretty enjoyable popcorn flick. It's well directed by De Palma and Cruise gives a solid performance as Ethan Hunt. It's mainly an action movie with a lot of twists.
Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his secret agent team are planning an operation to uncover a criminal organisation who wants to steal the NOC list with all the identities of the secret agents.
During the operation, something goes wrong and everyone seems to get killed, except for Ethan. After that, he meets the CIA officer, Eugene Kittridge, and he tells Ethan the whole operation was actually a test to find a mole inside the secret agent service. Because Ethan is the only one who survived, he suddenly becomes the main suspect. Ethan escapes from being arrested and from that moment on, he has to find the real mole to clear his own name...
The film was a little confusing at times and the characters don't always act in the smartest way, but there is plenty of entertainment to make up for that. My favorite scene was when Ethan tries to break into the CIA vault to get the real list with the help of two other disavowed agents. It's a scene with a lot of suspense and I was literally nail biting during that whole moment.
Besides some good action moments and some enjoyable twists in the story, there wasn't too much substance in this movie, though. The characters are extremely flat and so is the story, to be honest.
It was still a pretty entertaining flick, so I rate it:
+
Mission: Impossible (1996)
This was a pretty enjoyable popcorn flick. It's well directed by De Palma and Cruise gives a solid performance as Ethan Hunt. It's mainly an action movie with a lot of twists.
Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his secret agent team are planning an operation to uncover a criminal organisation who wants to steal the NOC list with all the identities of the secret agents.
During the operation, something goes wrong and everyone seems to get killed, except for Ethan. After that, he meets the CIA officer, Eugene Kittridge, and he tells Ethan the whole operation was actually a test to find a mole inside the secret agent service. Because Ethan is the only one who survived, he suddenly becomes the main suspect. Ethan escapes from being arrested and from that moment on, he has to find the real mole to clear his own name...
The film was a little confusing at times and the characters don't always act in the smartest way, but there is plenty of entertainment to make up for that. My favorite scene was when Ethan tries to break into the CIA vault to get the real list with the help of two other disavowed agents. It's a scene with a lot of suspense and I was literally nail biting during that whole moment.
Besides some good action moments and some enjoyable twists in the story, there wasn't too much substance in this movie, though. The characters are extremely flat and so is the story, to be honest.
It was still a pretty entertaining flick, so I rate it:
+