Review of Mission: Impossible (1996) by Hooman E — 21 Jan 2012

There are spy thrillers and then there's Mission Impossible. A non-stop cavalcade of action, adrenaline and top notch suspense. With some sure-handed directing by Brian De Palma and a well-merged team of actors with Tom Cruise in the lead, this first entry in the series is undoubtedly one of the best.

I haven't seen "Ghost Protocol" yet so I can't make any comparison there, but if it's anything like the original, I know I'll be in for some first-rate entertainment. My only real beef is that the movie demands considerable suspension of disbelief.

I recently read in an article though, that the extremely sophisticated methods made famous by the vault scene, were - believe it or not - successfully replicated by some real-life professional thieves.

In this case, it was a heist pulled off at a Best Buy store, which may not sound as cool as breaking into the HQ of CIA, but it certainly goes to show that it's all fully plausible. Either way, the explosive turn of events and rip-roaring pacing, makes Ethan Hunt's first mission anything but impossible to watch.