Mission Impossible 4 : Ghost Protocol (2011)

Let's just say it, Mission Impossible 4 isn't a bad movie, but its definitely not as good as one through three. Nor is it as good as Sherlock Holmes 2. The movie starts out great all through the first two acts it displays a super solid action premise with above average writing. Some ridiculous but intense stunts literally keep you at the edge of your seat. Sadly when the third act rolls around and the characters have to actually try and "resolve" the conflict. Animation demi-god and first time live action director Brad Bird's (He made The Incredibles NEED i go on?) lack of skill in this field begins to show. The ending is fine, but it seems like not a single person on the set had seen a previous Mission Impossible movie, the last action sequence might be the shortest and smallest scale in the whole series. The main villain barely stacks up against previous ones like Philip Seymour Hoffman's Owen Damien and after everything is resolved your left with a cheesy ending so full of cliche' you wonder if it didn't just ruin the whole thing. OH and on top of all that the only people who look like the enjoy being on camera in this film are Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, and Jeremy Renner (Im still excited to watch as he takes over every action franchise. Hes talented) No one else seems to care they're in a big budget motion picture. Not that there's anyone to care, while previous movies show him on a bigger team with larger but much deeper supporting casts this team seems to flop a little. I guess they really were all the I.M.F. could scrounge up :/

Some of the incredibly tense stunt sequences stand out as the best in the series, but the overall plot takes some getting over. The third act will leave you wondering why the film kept going at all.


 Not bad, but not great either. C+