Review of Mission: Impossible (1996) by Brett W — 08 Dec 2013

While this movie was certainly popular, I can't help but think it doesn't deserve the success it got. I think this is the point where Tom Cruise began to be typecast in gritty action roles. Fortunately, this isn't a gritty kind of film, but it sets an unsettling trend for Tom Cruise's career (though to be fair, he still isn't a bad actor).

The film's style is a rather futile attempt to recapture the essence of the 60's TV series it was trying to resurrect in movie form, since it completely disregards the style of the TV show in favour of making yet another 90's action thriller.

The characters and dialogue are not bad, but the plot can be a bit too convoluted at times, especially since the plot takes a bit of a back seat to the evidently bloated special effects budget.