Mission: Impossible Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 1735

Average Rating: 2.8/4

# of Ratings: 442

Theatrical Release Date: 05/22/1996

Language: English

Genre: Action, Thriller

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Brian De Palma

Actors: Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle Béart, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Henry Czerny

Plot: A super American spy agent must uncover the mystery why he was set up and what parties were involved with his team of spies.

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/10/2019

Entertaining, but a little confusing, the first "M:I" is pleasantly undemanding.

Matthew Brady - wrote on 08/27/2014

Mission: Impossible is a smart action pack movie with a bad-ass theme song.

Ean Vali - wrote on 10/15/2012

Nice work. Doesn't do any harm to the old series, even has some hints to point the relation. Tom Cruise isn't my favorite player but this suits him. Only the way he runs ..... looks really silly.

JLFM
Producer

Fun Action Scenes, Convoluted Filler

JLFM - wrote on 11/07/2013

In what roughly equals one third of Mission: Impossible, I could only ask myself, "What the heck is going on?" Mission: Impossible can be so hopelessly convoluted at times, it's impossible to understand the film's plot. This is especially odd, as the plot isn't even especially complex, it's just presented in an needlessly complicated way. Still, all story and screenplay issues are easily redeemed by the thrilling action scenes and nifty (and dated) espionage scenes.

Ethan Hunt, framed for murdering his entire mission team, is out to clear his name. And while that's the gist of the film, it is very possible that you won't understand what's going on for significant portions of the film.

There are several "twists" throughout the film, but few of them really register as surprising …

Yojimbo
Movie God

"Mission Impossible" by Yojimbo

Yojimbo - wrote on 12/23/2011

When a deep cover operative's entire team is murdered on a mission, he becomes the prime suspect for their betrayal and so puts together a rogue team to steal a top secret document and draw the true culprit out of the shadows. Mission: Impossible was one of the first of the new generation of conspiracy action thrillers, and it's showing its age a little. It all looks rather quaint to the point of corn in the post-Bourne era and the antiquated technology, cheap looking effects and predictable plot suffer immeasurably compared to its modern day counterparts. On the plus side it has a great cast, and despite my loathing of hack director Brian De Palma, his unsophisticated comic strip direction actually works in the context of a kitsch TV show adaptation. It has some inventive moments and …

Franz Patrick
Movie God

Mission: Impossible

Franz Patrick - wrote on 12/24/2007

This is a very effective spy film because it does not fully rely on action scenes in order for it to be exciting. There's a lot of hiding, double-crosses, and technical devices that carry this film. I must salute the last twenty minutes or so of the film for being engaging even though there was barely any dialogue. A lot of people believe that this movie is confusing, especially if one goes on a bathroom break. I can see why it may seem complex for a casual moviegoer because it does have tiny details that can impact the overall, big picture. There's a lot of "Hey, that didn't really happen... did it?" or "It could have gone the other way... but did it?" and I think that is part of the film's brilliance. This is my second favourite out of the first three and I am highly recommending it …