Mission: Impossible (1996)
57 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 24 Rotten:18 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus:
Full of special effects, Brian DePalma's update of Mission: Impossible has a lot of sweeping spectacle, but the plot is sometimes convoluted.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis: Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Beart, Jean Reno
Director: Brian De Palma
Screenwriter: Robert Towne, David Koepp, Steven Zaillian
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Composer: Danny Elfman
Screenwriter: Robert Towne, David Koepp, Steven Zaillian
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Composer: Danny Elfman
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Nimble, expertly contrived summer entertainment that doesn't insult the intelligence.
05/20/08
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Despite the snags, De Palma remains a virtuoso puppet-master, pulling the strings taut in a nail-biting robbery sequence, switching from micro to macro with Hitchcockian panache, and finally letting rip with a hell-for-leather climax.
06/24/06
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...succeeds in offering up several exciting and suspenseful sequences, though one can't help but wish that the dialogue-based moments packed the same sort of punch.
05/06/06
Each scene in and of itself plays very interestingly, even if they don't always logically lead one into the next scene.
04/14/06
An incredibly boring and confusing espionage thriller...So inept on so many levels that it could easily be called The Bonfire of the Secret Agents.
01/23/06
Unfortunately, two scenes and a screwed up script, plus a big plot disappointment, do not a recommendation make.
04/09/05
Check your brain at the door, wallow in the special effects, and ride it out until September when good old-fashioned action will once again prevail.
05/14/03
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A smart, cool movie that not only admits its TV origins but celebrates them.
01/01/00
Knows enough about style that it's absorbing to watch even when nothing much is going on.
01/01/00
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