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Ranking the Mission: Impossible franchise

August 5, 2015 by Simon Columb

Mission: Impossible

When rating the films, I actually had Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on a par with the original. But the dull villain in M:I-4 pulled it down a notch while M:I seems to improve on every viewing…

Pro –  Every action sequence is unforgettable. The Prague opening ‘mole-hunt’ – actually, scratch that. The moment marching drums on the Paramount logo fade to Kiev, and Emilio Estevez stares at a monitor is already a highlight. DePalma manages to forge an incredible team, whereby they laugh and joke about coffee and gum. Their banter sets a high bar none of the films have met and it is shook to the core when the majority of them are wiped out. The NOC-list theft at Langley CIA raises the bar higher, with unforgettable performances from Jean Reno and Ving Rhames. Even the dated effects within the Euro-tunnel fail to dampen the quality of Ethan Hunt’s first outing. The varied, international cast and Hitchcockian-plot, as Hunt has to prove his innocence, makes this the bench mark of the series.

Con – A key character in the television series, Jim Phelps, is the villain in this episode so he won’t return. Ever. Special effects are dated, but other than the euro-tunnel, this is choreographed, close and personal hand-to-hand combat. But the technology is very much ‘of its time’. Enormous PC’s (in Langley, for one) and awful internet searching (“internet link” and an email that literally shows a digital letter fly away into the internet ether) are only the highlights of an awkward world that doesn’t exist anymore.

Simon Columb

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, News, Simon Columb Tagged With: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III

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