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Mission: Impossible
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, and Emilio
Estivez |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Kiddie Movie: |
I don't think most kids will stay interested or follow
it. |
| Date Movie: |
She won't be jumping in your lap scared, and when Cruise
flexes his guns you may feel a little inferior, so I'd say
no. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
It's PG- 13 aside from a kiss or two what can you
expect. |
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Violence: |
A few drips of blood here and there but nothing graphic. |
| Action: |
As good as any Die Hard movie but with better special
effects. |
| Laughs: |
Nah. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Cruise chasing the bad guy while atop a speeding bullet
train in a tunnel and a helicopter is following. It's hard
to explain, and just simply must be seen. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing really.
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| Directed By: |
Brian DePalma
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Mission: Impossible
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - PG-13 |
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It's 1:51 Long |
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| A Review by |
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Stu Gotz |
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I grew up on the re-runs of the original TV series (1966-73), and
I was even a big fan of the short lived late 80's revival of the show
"Mission: Impossible." So, next to "Independence Day" there was no
summer movie I have awaited for with greater anticipation than the
big screen version of "Mission: Impossible." With De Palma's direction
and Cruise starring, I thought there could be no way this movie could
be anything but great. Unfortunately it's just average.
If you remember the original TV show, "Mission: Impossible" is
based on a secret covert CIA run agency called the IMF. The IMF
agents get to do the dirty work for the CIA and they also get all the
cool James Bond type toys. They get the things like eye glasses with
a video camera built in, chewing gum that explodes if you chew it,
and little color TV wrist watches (I wonder if they can get they
Playboy channel).
"Mission: Impossible" the movie has a lot of plot twists and turns,
but here's how it basically breaks down: An IMF team of agents are
tracking a spy trying to sell a secret list of undercover agents
throughout Europe. Another IMF team of agents are tracking the first
team because they believe the first team has a double agent
(ooohhh... good Cold War stuff). All except Cruise and Beart get
killed on their mission (I guess Emilio won't be around for the
sequel), so the second team thinks Cruise is the double agent. That,
and the fact that his parents who ran a failing farm just got a
butt-load of money. Now Cruise has to smoke out the real double agent
and clear his good name. This leads to a lot of cool explosions,
chases atop high speed bullet trains, and your basic spy stuff.
Maybe I'm too hard to please, but if you're gonna charge me eight
bucks ($14 total with drink and popcorn) to see what was on TV for
free for years, you better thrill the shit out of me! Now I'm not
saying I didn't like the movie... I did like it. I'm just a little
ticked that the movie producers took what could have been average
script from the original TV show, threw in a big name director and
actor, and blew a wad of cash on special effects. What they wound up
with was a really good "TV movie of the week" or a just OK big screen
movie.
"Mission: Impossible" the movie has some great special effects, but that alone
cannot make it a movie worth forking over eight bucks to see. I say you wait
till it come to the cheaper theaters or have someone else pay. I give "Mission
Impossible" 2 1/2 stars out of 5. I'm Stu Gotz. 'nuff said. |
