Mission Impossible - I thought it was good. The plot could've done with some work, but there's plenty of great action sequences and some references to the show that make up for it. 8/10
Mission Impossible II - Regarded as the worst entry in the film series, I thought this film felt very distant from the show (which to this day, I have only seen bits of, but enough to say what I think of the films that are based on the show) and it just lacked a good plot if the film actually had a plot to begin with. 6/10
Mission Impossible III - I find it hard to believe that the guy who is making Star Wars 7 and made the recent Star Trek films, had made his directorial debut with this very film. Its a great film that is good as a summer popcorn flick with great action scenes and just great characters and a great plot too. 9/10
And of course you guys all know what my opinions are of Ghost Protocol (but if you need a refresher, click here). So with all that out of the way, let's look at the latest entry in the series:
So after intercepting terrorists who were sold nerve gas (and yes, this is the plane scene that was in the trailers), IMF agent Ethan Hunt (reprised by Tom Cruise) is convinced that he can prove the existence of an international criminal consortium called the Syndicate, but goes missing in London following his abduction by a man called Solomon Lane (played by Sean Harris) in a record store. But manages to escape captivity to continue his search, coming across a woman called Ilsa Faust (played by Rebecca Ferguson) along the way who claims that she can help him. Meanwhile, IMF agent William Brandt (reprised by Jeremy Renner who made Hawkeye interesting recently) and CIA director Alan Hunley (played by Alec Baldwin, I don't know why he seems to play authority figures in most films that he is in) come before a Senate oversight committee to review the IMF and Hunley succeds in disbanding the IMF and absorbing it into the CIA because of it having a lack of oversight and its accountability as a danger to national security, according to Hunley that is. With Hunt defiying the order for all agents to be bought in, Hunley has manhunt set out to find him, with Brandt leading his own team in the hopes of finding him first with the help of Hunt's most trusted friend Luther Stickell (reprised by Ving Rhames). Unable to find the Syndicate without help, Hunt contacts former colleague Benji Dunn (reprised by Simon Pegg) and with any luck, the duo do whatever they can to find Lane and bring down the Syndicate with some help along the way.
Much like with the last two, the film manages to retain the strong performance that the last 2 had with a great set of characters, plenty of drama and of course, plenty of action. In a way, it does kind of be very distant from the TV series that the films are based on, but unlike III, this is a good thing as it means that the film can stand on its own ground and continue to be a match for the likes of James Bond and other espionage films out there. 9/10
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