Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Terrorists, thugs, all you criminals out there, you might as well lay down your nuclear weapons, now when Tom Cruise is back, we know who runs the show. Mission Impossible have become a huge box office profit since the first movie adaptation came out in 1996, based on the tv series from the 60´s. Every movie have tried to deliver something fresh to the Mission Impossible legacy, with different results. This time around, is the latest motion picture exactly what we wanted, or should mr Cruise stayed at home instead with Katie Holmes?

IMF agent Tremor Hanaway ( Josh Holloway ) is murdered in Budapest by assassin Sabine Moreau ( Léa Seydoux ). Tremor were on a mission to intercept a courier holding Russian nuclear launch codes. Hanaway´s IMF team members Jane Carter ( Paula Patton ) and Benji Dunn ( Simon Pegg ), help Ethan Hunt ( Tom Cruise ) to escape prison in Moscow. Ethan is assigned to infiltrate secret files inside the Moscow Kremlin, with the help of Jane and Benji. A person codenamed " Cobalt ", who is known to be a Russian consultant, determined to detonate a nuclear bomb. While Ethan investigate, someone else is using IMF frequency, to alert Russian´s about Ethan´s team. Ethan and his members manage to escape, but suddenly the Moscow Kremlin explode. Ethan is arrested by Russian agent Anatloy Sidorov ( Vladimir Mashkov ), suspecting Ethan responsible for the attack. At the hospital, Ethan manages to escape, as he meets with IMF Secretary ( Tom Wilkinson ), to accept the next mission. But someone kills IMF Secretary, leaving Ethan and his few members to handle this situation on their own. The team identify the codename Cobalt as Kurt Hendricks ( Michael Nyqvist ), a swedish born russian nuclear strategist, who lately have suffered a psychotic break, who wants to use nuclear weapon on the human race. Kurt needs the launch codes from Sabine, but Ethan intend to stop this insanity before it´s too late.

Yes yes yes....finally a Mission Impossible movie that simply kicks ass. And not because of CGI effects ( there are some here, but not too much, ) wich is great, it´s because this feels more like a old school Mission Impossible adaptation, still with a lot of violence and explosions, but with more heart than MI:2. Tom Cruise delivers one of his best performances so far as Ethan Hunt, even if he was good in the earlier movies, it´s nice to see he goes 100% into his character. How great it is to see british actor Simon Pegg here, as the computer specialist. He fits perfect with his humorous character, so you get to laugh at some moments. Of course we have to wave our swedish flag for Michael Nyqvist, as the evil Kurt Hendricks, he is really fantastic as a bad guy, who would have known? One thing i have to point out, is how director Brad Bird, finds the perfect tone to make you feel like this is a Mission Impossible movie. And it´s simply because he finds certain details that matters more than CGI. If you want to make your boyfriend, daddy, or male friends happy, make sure you put this one on blu-ray, and i promise you, they will be like Justín Bieber fans, only difference is they will go crazy for Tom Cruise instead. A must see, and no excuses.

Rating: DDDD