Ethan Hunt(Tom Cruise) can do it all….speak several languages, scale buildings, tackle terrorists, avoid death. But
apparently he neglected his fifth grade science class as the word “Gravity” never entered his vocabulary. And let me tell
you…as an audience you’ll have a hard time following the plot, but it won’t matter because you’ll recoil in your seat at his antics sometimes on a rope, sometimes hood of a car, sometimes on a skyscraper in Dubai. The world’s tallest. Until you applaud. Madly. Look at me! No safety net! No stunt double! Total insanity! What was I thinking?
Brad Bird directs where J J Abrams left off (but still produces) and the plot thickens when a bomb destroys the Kremlin, and the IMF is blamed. Its members (Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton) are labeled as terrorists intent on inciting a global nuclear war. It’s up to this team “Oceans-Mission 4” to figure out how to tackle the problem and get the “codes.” Spiderman-esque Tom Cruise is their leader. Pegg adds the comedy needed to balance the storyline as the hilarious Brit, Renner adds the hot looks and muscley-physique with that in-control underdog we fell in love with when he was bomb-disarming in The Hurt Locker. And Paula Patton is tough, and smart, and just gorgeous to look at.
There’s a lot of movies out there this year with a lot of action and special effects, but this one is so over-the-top amazing you’ll find yourself taking Cruise for granted. We’ve seen him do death-defying feats in the past Mission films, but this time it’s way over the top, and the bottom, and sideways and at any and all heights. With MI4 what you see is what you get…entertainment.
It’s undercurrent is comedy and its plot full of surprises. And what more could you ask for during the holiday season heavy with Oscar contenders. Three tiaras