Posted by jayray in 
I really had no desire to go see Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol , but enough friends and family suggested it that I had to go. I am so glad I did. It was hands down the best in the series. Tom Cruise kicked usual ass as Ethan Hunt. As did Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and Paula Patton as his partners in crime-fighting. Like always Ethan finds himself in deep do-do and must figure out a way to get out of his predicament before very bad things happen. This time around the bad thing involves a crazy Russian nuclear strategist / terrorist (AKA Kurt Hendricks) who is planning to gain launch codes to strike the US of A. Unfortuanately when Ethan and team attempt to track him down at the Kremlin, Hendricks (also AKA ‘Cobalt’) blows it up and blames Ethan. This results in the President having to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disemboweled. Or is that disavowed? At any rate, Ethan and team have to chase Hendricks across Dubai and Mumbai with no back up and very little time to save the World.
This movie starts off with a bang and doesn’t let up until the very end. It’s two hours and thirteen minutes and pure entertainment. If you love a movie where you don’t have to think and can just sit back and enjoy then this movie is for you. I wouldn’t worry too much if you haven’t seen the other three movies. There aren’t a lot of references to them so you’re good. A good friend of mine made the comment that the folks behind the Mission: Impossible franchise have the formula down. I couldn’t agree more. No complex story lines needed here. Just stick to kicking ass and blowing shit up and this franchise can go on forever. Or at least until they get tired of making them.
