Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:24
Rotten:19
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Beart
Director: Brian De Palma
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Reviews for Mission: Impossible
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2/5 |
It's a mission De Palma shouldn't have chosen to accept. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Nimble, expertly contrived summer entertainment that doesn't insult the intelligence. Full Review |
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The most dour, sexless piece of escapism in memory. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...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. Full Review |
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Each scene in and of itself plays very interestingly, even if they don't always logically lead one into the next scene. Full Review |
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2/10 |
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.
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C+ |
Unfortunately, two scenes and a screwed up script, plus a big plot disappointment, do not a recommendation make. Full Review |
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4/4 |
A solid piece of summer escapist entertainment. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
I was riveted. Full Review |
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A non-stop fun run through Europe and the CIA headquarters. Full Review |
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Humorless, charmless and flat. Full Review |
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A smart, cool movie that not only admits its TV origins but celebrates them. Full Review |
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B+ |
Knows enough about style that it's absorbing to watch even when nothing much is going on. Full Review |
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A sleek, stunningly made movie. Full Review |
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Brainless summer fun Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Starts with a whimper... and, you guessed it... self-destructs. Full Review |
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Great start, but the movie keeps fighting its own internal logic. Full Review |
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