Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (2011)

Possibly the BEST Mission Impossible to date

If I have to arrange them in sequence according to best to worst I have to go

1) Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol
2) Mission Impossible III
3) Mission Impossible
4) Mission Impossible II

There is just something about the way JJ Abrams direction, and I love

The Action, Suspense, Intensity and great GREAT storytelling.

I especially like the "old school" open sequence. As the Beatles say, Love, Love, LOVE!!!

John Woo didn't "get" the franchise...

There is a rumor going around saying that Paramount wants Jeremy Renner to take lead in the next one, and I have to say, that would be a mistake

Tom Cruise ROCKS here

He worked hard on this and he SOLD every scene he was in

This is is probably third or second last movie I'll watch in the cinema this year.

Am toying with the idea of watching this in the new Imax cinema this coming wednesday. That is HOW MUCH I like this

Most excellent movie

Go watch it, ya hear

My two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Dec 16 2011, 12:06 AM

Who would have thunk, we can agree on things...

Hey! Speak for yourself!!

I have to agree with both you and RT. What I agree with with Rotten Tomato is I LOVE the pacing of MI:4, so overall, it felt, to me, a better movie. You got it right with, Philip Seymour Hoffman was a much MUCH better villian!! One of the main reason MI:3 lost points with me is Maggie Q... She is SUCH a horse!!!...


Yes, Qucikfire, we ALL know how YOUNG you are!!!

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Dec 22 2011, 06:41 PM

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Okay!

Fine!!

I am slow on this one!!!

I was away, no access to cinema, *grumble*, *grumble*, *complain*, *complain*...


The Good

I like the whole franchise, because, it is a rarity nowadays, with CGI budget going through the roof, this movie takes the trouble to go on locations all over the world. A rarity indeed. (Other then this only Jason Bourne and James Bonds still does it)

There is a story to be told. Seriously, "other big budget movie" (I am looking at you Wachowski siblings) don't forget to tell THE story. Yes, action sequences, CGI etc can give you a WOW factor, but in the end, if the story sticks in your viewers minds, you, my friend have done your job!!

For a 50 yo, Tom Cruise is STILL showing the youg'un, how it is done! Kuddos!!

Who the heck is Rebecca Ferguson and where has she been ALL MY LIFE!!!!

Simon Pegg, the ever dependable comic relief, gets serious here!!!

The Bad

Ving Rhames??? At KL towers??? When was this??? Or was it "stock shots".

The Ugly

Sean Harris as Solomon Lane all I want to add here is Prosaic much??

But I am nick-picking

I enjoyed this movie immensely.

I strong recommend you watch this.

Why are you still reading?? Go already!!!?!

My Two Sen.

So... We are in agreement that MI:5 is pretty good...

Will WONDERS never seize....

A passing mention of Rebecca Ferguson??

That's it??

THAT'S ALL!!!

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

It has been suggested to me that I can be over- enthusiastic or overly-kind with my reviews or movies.

Believe it or not, I have been "dialing" down my enthusiasm, in my the reviews I write.

Having said that, I categorically label this my No. 1 movie of 2018.

I seriously cannot think of what possible movie, that is going to be release in the near future, that can knock this movie off this pedestal.

This is the sixth outing for this franchise, that seem to go from strength to strength (one can argue that the second outing is the worst out of all six).

There were attempts for younger and hungrier actors to take over the mantel (main male lead, Jeremy Renner) of this movie.

At 56, Tom Cruise seems.... unstoppable.

This movie is shot mainly practical. And I have to add, seeing what was presented on screen, the task is Herculean, figuratively and literally.

I cannot even begin to imagine how it was done, and the Cinematography Rob Hardy is as much an adrenaline junkie as Tom Cruise himself.

This fast paced movie starts strong, and never NEVER lets up.

The action sequence, oh my goodness, the next James Bond has it's work cut for it, if it wants to up the ante... And seriously, I cannot see how they can manage that...

People who reads my mad ravings here, may know that I am really NOT a fan of Henry Cavill, and have to add, I ABSOLUTELY love him here.
I do have one tiny peeve about this movie...
Do yourself a favour.

Watch this movie.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jul 26 2018, 11:17 PM

For me, it kinda have

Well, Liam Neeson did not become an "action" hero until he was 50+ (Taken 2008). So age is just a number (When you eat right, have a personal trainier and workout your ass off? )

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jul 30 2018, 08:22 AM

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Now, this looks like a 300 million dollars production.

Kudos to Tom Cruise, for showing the industry how to spend close to 300 millions and having it show on screen!!

Tom Cruise seems to have conquer every movie genre, Action, Drama, RomCom.

The only genre he had fail to make an impact on it... Horror!!!

This movie is action pack.

Action pack to the gills.

Will four huge movies bombing at the Box Office (Little Mermaid, Elementals, The Flash and Indiana Jones 6) summer blockbusting looks, to borrow a term from the current generation seems.... meh!

Well based on what I had just watch, this movie may make 1 billion, worldwide. A true blue summer blockbuster!!!

It is NOT flawless.

The positives far exceeds the negatives.

I do not read up on movies I look forward to watch, so this movie had several surprises in stored for me.

There are two things that I may nitpick on, namely,

Tom Hollands recently lamented that why did the industry tout Tom Cruise's Top Gun 2 reviving cinema going, when his Uncharted brought in 400+ millionin the same year.

Kid, watch this movie. You still got ways to go...

That's it, that's My Two Sen.

There is no hanky panky if that's what you mean...