What can you expect when one of the most popular cult action series goes into the hands of a person who is known for directing animated flicks? Frankly, you wouldn't care who calls the shots because the 'Mission:Impossible' franchise is such that just Tom Cruise and his stunts would suffice for the movie to click. And though it doesn't click that well, it works..
This installment of MI is more comical than gripping. The makers decided to take tickle the funny bone more than pumping up the adrenaline because most of the action sequences(save one or two) just failed to impress.
Graphics is one department where the crew should have worked upon. It is simply just not Hollywood standards. The scenes where the sand storm hits Dubai are just mediocre and some places you feel you are watching a B grade movie.
Unlike most of the other MI movies, Ghost Protocol offers an engaging script rather than thrilling action sequences, although the one part where Ethan (Tom Cruise) does a stunt on the Burj Hotel, Dubai was kick ass.
People told me that the movie's first half was awesome and second half sucked but i don't quite agree with that. The first half is pretty boring and the second half is where you get the hold of the story.
Music by Micheal Giacchino could have been better. The visuals were so dull at places and the viewer is put to sleep - this is where the music should have worked.
Some things i couldn't digest in the movie -
They said Mumbai and they showed some posh palace which probably doesn't exist in that part of India.
Too many exotic cars on the Indian roads.
They showed Sun Networks and some tamil channels being played in a satellite TV station in Mumbai.
They showed some door with a caution sign and its translation written in Telugu.
They showed some exotic cars with left hand drive and with number plates which vehicle numbers in Indian format but written reversed.
Tom Cruise gets hit at sensitive areas too much but still gets up like a normal person.
Ideally what they have done is, they brought cameras to India, shot some scenes in Mumbai and then carried out rest of the shooting at Ramoji studios in Hyderabad. This is an area where the team should have worked a bit more.
Anil Kapoor comes as a playboy and just like every typical Indian, he falls for a mediocre sexy woman with saliva dripping out of his jaw dropping face.
Overall, Mission:Impossible Ghost Protocol is not such a great movie to look up to but it does entertain. Tom Cruise carries the movie throughout and keeps the audience engaged.
Hopefully, there is no further sequel to this series.
Rating: 3/5
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