7/10
The undercover unit comes back into action with several fine spectacular action scenes
14 July 2008
The crack undercover agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is again called back into action by IMF operation chief named Musgrave (Billy Crudup) , his assignment results to be a crucial mission : to rescue former protégée named Lindsay (Keri Russell) . She has been kidnapped in Berlin by a real villain Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Davien will be in the Vatican, and the team formed by stalwart specialists (Ving Rhames , Maggie Q , Jonathan Rhys Meyers) execute a dangerous operation to abduct him . But Julia (Michelle Monaghan) , Ethan's recent wife , is also kidnapped and ruthless Owen forces him to rob a powerful arm . Meanwhile, Ethan tries to discover who set them up.

This energetic movie packs unstopped action , drama , hair-raising suspense, exciting thrills , frenetic pursuits and lots of violence . Well made high-tech hijinks and full of breathtaking set-up with impressive images. .The film contains an interesting story in flamboyant treatment , worth two hours'time , written by Alex Kurtzman and J. J. Abrahams and based on the vintage characters created by Bruce Heller . Lalo Schifrin's television classic score is again well reused here , at a much higher decibel level and adding a moving soundtrack by Michael Giacchini . Fascinating and luxurious cinematography by excellent cameraman by Daniel Mindel . As usual , Tom Cruise co-executive produced , along with Paula Wagner. The motion picture was perfectly directed by J. J. Abrahams . He's a successful producer, writer and director as Television (Lost , Alias , Felicity) as cinema and he's today filmmaking a Star Trek movie, in production . Rating : Better than average and well worth seeing. The tale will appeal to Tom Cruise fans and non-stopped action movies enthusiasts.
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