{"id":2004,"date":"2011-12-21T01:38:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2011-12-21T01:38:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T09:38:42","slug":"mission-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"Mission:Impossible 4 is Impossible to Swallow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIts as if naming the film \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d acts as a disclaimer. This, the 4th installment in the series, features logic so impervious to reality that disbelief is to be suspended to the point of blind acceptance. Considering that this is a big, loud Hollywood action flick, this is to be expected to point but when these leaps of reasoning become distracting and confusing it hurts the film. \u201cMission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol\u201d has plenty to be entertained by but ultimately there are just too many ridiculous plot points to overlook. <\/p>\n

It is in a dirty Russian prison that we first find our aging super agent, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise). After an exhilarating escape that involves many audible punches to the faces of many intimidating looking extras, Hunt finds himself caught up in his next unreasonable mission. Of course, he chooses to accept the assignment (Does anyone that works for the IMF ever go, \u201cNah, what else you got?\u201d) and must stop the villainous criminal, Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist), who has recently obtained the launch codes for Soviet nuclear missiles.
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\nThere is some globe-trotting (Moscow, Dubai, Mumbai etc.) and each breathtaking locale provides the backdrop for Cruise\u2019s stunt work. The stunts are very impressive and worth the admission as Cruise runs up and down buildings and blows up the Kremlin. Action isn\u2019t wanting and is presented in an over-the-top fashion that is reminiscent of films from the 80s. Each punch is accompanied with a huge sound effect and bullets go wizzing in every direction with little repercussion. The last decade has seen a \u201crealism\u201d approach to action dominate with films like the \u201cBourne Identity\u201d series and last couple James Bond movies dialing back the fantasy. \u201cMI:GP\u201d is definitely a throwback and proud of it. <\/p>\n

What makes this go around worthwhile is the crew that joins Cruise this time around. Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner give the film a much-needed burst of life and bring real characters to Cruise\u2019s fantasy world. Renner as Brandt, an analyst forced out into \u201cthe field,\u201d gives us a character we can relate to and removes much of the macho gloss from what is going on around him. When Brandt has to leap down a cement cylinder into a spinning turbine, he does not pretend to be calm about it. Many of the smooth edges have been removed leaving plenty of room for humor.
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\nThis marks the first live action feature for director Brad Bird. Bird is known for his work as an animated filmmaker and has spent the last few years at PIXAR giving us \u201cThe Incredibles\u201d and \u201cRatatouille\u201d. There are glimpses of this background but Bird doesn\u2019t bring enough to the table. \u201cThe Incredibles,\u201d which he also wrote, had about a thousand more fresh ideas about this genre than are not on display here.<\/p>\n

Bottom line is that Tom Cruise needs a hit. His recent efforts have fallen short at the box office with forgettable films like \u201cKnight and Day\u201d and \u201cValkyrie\u201d bombing. This should succeed in keeping his machine humming. This chapter of the \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d series is the best since the original but that isn\u2019t saying much. The movie will thrill you as much as it will make you roll your eyes in disbelief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Its as if naming the film \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d acts as a disclaimer. This, the 4th installment in the series, features logic so impervious to reality that disbelief is to be suspended to the point of blind acceptance. Considering that this is a big, loud Hollywood action flick, this is to be expected to point but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[704,3388,10612,14070,15853,18424,23010],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action-movies","tag-brad-bird","tag-jeremy-renner","tag-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-review","tag-paula-patton","tag-simon-pegg","tag-tom-cruise"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}