If you are like me, then you have probably watched Mission : Impossible as a series, matter of fact i did not watch the original one, but the twenty years after version when Jim Phelps got old and cool, so in the mid nineties there was a movie based on a serie (loosely based i may say) starring Tom Cruise, and directed by Brian DePalma.
So when an iconic director and an A-list Star join forces, with such co-stars as Jon Voight, Ving Rhames Jean Reno and Vanessa Redgrave, the movie goers shall pay attention, and their attention was ... rewarded since M:I was probably one of the best action movies of the nineties.
Ethan Hunt is a member of the IMF (impossible mission force) who are dispatched to Prague, to uncover a mole selling a high end document to some international arm dealer, of course the deal goes wrong with many people killed and Ethan Hunt taking the blame.
After a brilliant escape Ethan Hunt along with some remaining team members and new hired experts attempts a very daring heist in one of the most secure locations in the world, and contacts the arm dealer himself to find out surprising revelations about the mole, his fellow team members, and the IMF.
This movie is like Kill Bill in many regards, the plot line is used to tie impressive action figures, and brilliant filmmaking by DePalma, the film is not really convincing and relies on suspension of desbelief, but neither was the series anyways, and it was part of it's charm (now if you can believe that it's actually possible to make a mask that imitates excatly the face of a person ....), but that's Mission Impossible, Impossible is even in the title, so you can't act like you did not know.
Fans or the real series might feel alienated by the portrayal of Jim Phelps by Jon Voight, but then again this movie is in many cases a reboot as our fellow comic book lovers like to call it, and it's part of the enjyoment, another part are the exotic shooting locations, Prague, London, Virginia, and France to name a few, and the international cast, especially the use of french actors Jean Reno, and Emanuelle Beart.
So yes, this is a good movie, and still relevant today, it sadly did rise the anticipations for the second installment, which turned out to be more profitable, and really a disgrace to the spirit of the series, with the oh my god so boring Thandie Newton as the female lead, and the once good director John Woo, and his pigeons coming out of nowhere.
So when an iconic director and an A-list Star join forces, with such co-stars as Jon Voight, Ving Rhames Jean Reno and Vanessa Redgrave, the movie goers shall pay attention, and their attention was ... rewarded since M:I was probably one of the best action movies of the nineties.
Ethan Hunt is a member of the IMF (impossible mission force) who are dispatched to Prague, to uncover a mole selling a high end document to some international arm dealer, of course the deal goes wrong with many people killed and Ethan Hunt taking the blame.
After a brilliant escape Ethan Hunt along with some remaining team members and new hired experts attempts a very daring heist in one of the most secure locations in the world, and contacts the arm dealer himself to find out surprising revelations about the mole, his fellow team members, and the IMF.
This movie is like Kill Bill in many regards, the plot line is used to tie impressive action figures, and brilliant filmmaking by DePalma, the film is not really convincing and relies on suspension of desbelief, but neither was the series anyways, and it was part of it's charm (now if you can believe that it's actually possible to make a mask that imitates excatly the face of a person ....), but that's Mission Impossible, Impossible is even in the title, so you can't act like you did not know.
Fans or the real series might feel alienated by the portrayal of Jim Phelps by Jon Voight, but then again this movie is in many cases a reboot as our fellow comic book lovers like to call it, and it's part of the enjyoment, another part are the exotic shooting locations, Prague, London, Virginia, and France to name a few, and the international cast, especially the use of french actors Jean Reno, and Emanuelle Beart.
So yes, this is a good movie, and still relevant today, it sadly did rise the anticipations for the second installment, which turned out to be more profitable, and really a disgrace to the spirit of the series, with the oh my god so boring Thandie Newton as the female lead, and the once good director John Woo, and his pigeons coming out of nowhere.
No comments:
Post a Comment