Review of Mission: Impossible (1996) by Gordon H — 02 Aug 2016
The Classic TV Show Comes to Life on the Big Screen!
Originally written January 17, 1999--.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is framed for the murder of his fellow IMF agents during a Prague Embassy mission gone wrong and wrongly accused of selling government secrets to a mysterious international criminal known only as "Max". In order to clear his name, Hunt recruits two disavowed IMF agents: computer expert Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and pilot Franz Krieger (Jean Reno).
As a fan of this amazing show during the many years it was airing reruns on television, I was blown away by how intense and action-packed the film was! As Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "This is a movie that exists in the instant, and we must exist in the instant to enjoy it." I loved it! The only thing I didn't like (SPOILER ALERT) was that the film portrayed Jim Phelps, the leader of the IMF team throughout the entire run of the TV series, as a traitor! I really don't believe that the Jim Phelps of the TV show would ever betray his country like the movie portrays. Perhaps the film was portraying a different Jim Phelps?! But beyond that, the film was fantastic!
This review of Mission: Impossible (1996) was written by Gordon H on 02 Aug 2016.
Mission: Impossible has generally received positive reviews.
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