Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol2011
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
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Critic Consensus: Stylish, fast-paced, and loaded with gripping set pieces, the fourth Mission: Impossible is big-budget popcorn entertainment that really works.
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Cast
as Ethan Hunt
as William Brandt
as Benji Dunn
as Jane Carter
as Kurt Hendricks
as Anatoly Sidorov
as Wistrom
as Leonid Lisenker
as Luther Stickell
as Brij Nath
as Trevor Hanaway
as Marek Stefanski
as Bogdan
as The Fog
as Burly Russian Prisoner
as Prison Guard
as Control Room Guard
as Sabine Moreau
as Control Room Guard
as Control Room Guard
as Control Room Guard
as Control Room Guard
as Prisoner
as Prisoner
as Scraggy Tooth
as Kremlin Senate Building Desk Guard
as Kremlin Subcellar Hallway Guard
as Kremlin Gate Security Guard
as Russian Agent
as Russian Hospital Nurse
as Russian News Anchor
as Russian News Anchor
as British News Anchor
as Anna Lisenker
as Alex Lisenker
as Swedish Translator
as IMF Operator
as Dock Worker
as The Fog's Contact
as Doctor Setting Sidorov's Nose
as Russian Sub Captain
as Russian Sub Ensign
as San Francisco News Anchor
as Julia's Friend
as Julia's Friend
as Julia's Friend
as Julia's Friend
as Julia's Friend
as IMF Secretary
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Critic Reviews for Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
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"Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol" is sheer hurtling mechanism-and it's great silly fun.
As usual with the series, the movie combines a plot line a toddler could understand with gadgets that would baffle an engineering Ph.D.
I'm thinking it, so I might as well say it: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is no Fast Five.
...it's pretty much state-of-the-art.
[Bird's] fresh touch gives breathless energy, tremendous excitement and, above all, humor to what could have been a wearying genre exercise.
It's a rousing gasp machine that gives the flagging franchise the kick in the pants it sorely needed, and it marks the most impressive segue from cartoons to features since Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
Audience Reviews for Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: steal something impossible to steal from a place impossible to get at and do it in a impossibly short amount of time. How to do it? We'll give you impossible tools. Which is to say this spy franchise sets its own imaginary bar and then says it achieves that mark. Exciting music and stunts to follow. Still, fun, if unbelievable, and typical spy fantasy stuff.
Super Reviewer
Well well Mr Cruise you certainly are looking your years these days, no matter how much makeup you trowel on yourself you can't hide it Sir. Yep, despite the clear amounts of money he spends to try and keep himself looking about 35, Mr Cruise is really starting to look out of place in these types of films. His dyed over straightened hair changes shape in almost every scene and his skin complexion is looking shaky with many wrinkles breaking through, he wouldn't admit it but I think Bluray is a fresh curse for these ageing movie heart throbs. So a thoroughly middle aged Cruise leaps n bounds around yet another impossible mission with his rather oddly cast team of specialists. The first film was quite decent and slightly unique, almost a young 'Bond' adventure, the second had pretty visuals but was merely a huge ego trip for Cruise while the third is possibly the best as a serious action film but not overly violent or bloody. The main big issue with this fourth film is thus, we all knew everything about the film before it was released, the big flashy stunt in Dubai was no surprise, with all the hype they killed any big surprises in the film. This problem, although a common issue, wasn't the only problem of the over hyping, the other HUGE problem was that one stunt basically made this film a one trick pony. By this I mean the rest of the film is really rather mundane, nothing special, the only good tense fun part is the Burj Khalifa stunt and that's it, after that its back to being rather mundane again. That is how I saw this film, I really wanted to see the Burj Khalifa stunt, it looked amazing and I was shocked to hear Cruise had done such an extreme stunt, when I saw the sequence I wasn't disappointed either as its a very sweaty palm inducing scene and executed brilliantly. But that was it, the whole film revolved around that one stunt! I was merely watching and waiting to see that stunt, like waiting for the Titanic to sink in 'Titanic' or the attack on 'Pearl Harbour' in 'Pearl Harbour'...the rest was just filler. Don't get me wrong the rest of the film is fine its just not particularly exciting, impressive or sensible that's all. The cast are all average, the humour is average, the ending is weak and Cruise never seems to get hurt much despite falling from great heights many times, jumping out of speeding cars or even driving a car deliberately off a ledge from a huge height (the dumbest least believable scene), he also never seems to have to fight anyone that actually looks threatening. In short the film is average accept for that one sequence in Dubai, the third M.I. film is still the best as this new one really seems to be pushing the boundaries of how much of a believable pummelling and battering Ethan Hunt can take. We get it Tom...your the unstoppable action hero...even at 50.
Super Reviewer
When it comes to the MI franchise, the only entry that ever really floured me was the first one. The sequels, while boasting great action sequences, never really manage to stick with me as much as the first. This fourth entry continues that trend, which isn't to say it's bad. In fact, this movie should be seen because the action sequences are indeed mind-blowing. However, on a story and character level it just left me a bit cold. One big positive about this movie is that it continues the trend set by the third entry by making the story more of an "Impossible Mission Force" ensemble piece (more in keeping with the original television show of the same name) than a Tom Cruise vehicle. And admittedly the film is never pretentious about what it is and what it sets out to do. Director Brad Bird does a very competent job of keeping the story efficiently paced and the movies stunts are stunningly shot. So overall, the movie does succeed on the level of being a pure action film (although admittedly the parking garage fight between Hunt and the villain got a little too silly for my taste), so why do I still find this entry forgettable the moment I left the theater? On a plot level, it's mostly just an excuse to go places, and the villain is extremely one-dimensional and barely appears in the film. I know this sounds nitpicky (and it probably is) but MI 3 managed to have a decent villain. The lack of a compelling villain really robs the story of dramatic weight at times. Not only that, but Jeremy Renner's character felt EXTREMELY pointless and his whole arc (involving a "secret") felt so superfluous and not worthy of the mysterious build-up it was given. Acting wise, the only person that stands out is Simon Pegg. The acting from everybody else ranges from okay to just generic. Tom Cruise feels like he is literally sleep-walking through his scenes, which is a shame. So once again, much like the past two movies, they succeed on delivering some nice action but didn't make much of an impact to me in any other regard.
Super Reviewer
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Quotes
| William Brandt: | 23 minutes till door knock. |
| Ethan Hunt: | Your countdown, is not helping! |
| William Brandt: | [After Ethan ropes down the Burj, only to stop] Your line's not long enough! |
| William Brandt: | Your line's not long enough! |
| Ethan Hunt: | NO SHIT!!! |
| Ethan Hunt: | No shit! |
| Brji Nath: | Are you impressed yet? |
| Ethan Hunt: | Saturn, take the leap. |
| William Brandt: | [exhales deeply] Ok. [clears throat] Jumping. Jumping now. Jump now? |
| Ethan Hunt: | Yes, commit, jump. |