Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
First screened in December 2011 / Most recently screened in February 2019
Director: Brad Bird. Cast: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux, Vladimir Mashkov, Samuli Edelmann, Tom Wilkinson, Josh Holloway, Miraj Grbic, Anil Kapoor, Ivan Shvedoff, Pavel Kris. Screenplay: Josh Applebaum and André Nemec. Twitter Capsule:(2011)The Passion of Tom Cruise. Even iffy jailbreak intro is OK. After? Humdingers aplenty. Bliss.
Second Capsule:(2019)
Slick, twisty, well-constructed action with a welcome sense of humor. Last third dips a bit.
VOR:③
I mean, I guess the Annals of Cinema wouldn't feel incomplete without it, but I wish more filmmakers working in this genre would emulate its example.
