July 18, 2012

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

From my 2011 Leftovers Marathon, part 5 of 14.



Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, 2011. Four secret agents hunt down a would-be nuclear terrorist.

Directed by Brad Bird. Written by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec, based on a TV show by Bruce Geller. Starring Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg & Jeremy Renner.

Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 0/4 (Terrible)
Dialog: 1/4 (Bad)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). There's some truly great action. And some not-so-great action. It's often not entirely clear why everything is happening, but that's probably just as well. I expect that if we had a chance to think about the plot, it would make about as much sense as the climax: a lengthy, brutal fist fight between an old man and a guy that can take out a room full of badasses without breaking a sweat.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.1/4 (Okay)

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