Synopsis:
Ethan Hunt comes face to face with a
dangerous and sadistic arms dealer while trying to keep his identity secret in
order to protect his girlfriend.
Brian's
Rating: B+ :
2 was bad. Real bad. Due to that fact I never
even considered going to the third movie in the
franchise. Based on some good references from
friends and reviewers I respect I was finally
coaxed into putting it on my queue where it sat
for about a year before I finally let it rise to
the top. I am glad I did. The movie is like
night and day compared to the 2nd one.
It returns to the root of what it should have
been all along. A well grounded action movie
with complex, but not utterly ridiculous, plans
to accomplish strike missions, or extraction
missions in a short period of time. There were
stunts, and deception that you would expect in a
Mission Impossible plot, but they were not so
over the top as to blow plausibility completely
out of the water.
The movie stays focused on Ethan Hunt and while
supported well from his team, he is always the
center of the story. It flowed better, was not
nearly as confusing as the 2nd, and kept a
steady flow of action sequences to keep me
interested the whole way.
Thumbs-up on a good action movie. Too bad this
had to follow the 2nd movie, else I think it
would have done a lot better in the box office.
The Freak's
Rating: C- : This retread was just that,
even having to pull in such acting talents as
Hoffman as the villain and still falling flat as
unoriginal and uninspired. J.J. Abrams
does a nice job weaving this one together, but
for the most part it is the same old, same old
here. I did really enjoy the opening
sequence with Keri Russell, but ultimately I
can't imagine myself watching it again.
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