An average movie

Personally, I have some rather ambivalent feelings about this franchise. The first one is usually highly praised but I found that the story was really far-fetched but it was still an alright action flick. The second one was hugely criticized but I thought it was not bad at all with some awesome action scenes. Eventually, in spite of the positive buzz, I can't say I was blown away by this third installment. I mean, I did enjoy the action scenes, I thought that Tom Cruise provided a decent performance and Philip Seymour Hoffman was definitely an awesome bad guy, by far, the best one in the whole franchise. However, precisely like the previous movies, the story was far from being convincing. I mean, it was nothing bad whatsoever, but in my opinion it was pure action routine and, as a result, I was amazed by the action sequences but I didn't care whatsoever about the story or the characters involved. And why is there always a rogue agent involved? Couldn't they come up with something else ? Above all, the biggest mistake was to, once again, involve Ethan Hunt's love interest. It terribly dragged down the story (like in the 2nd installment) and it didn't add much to the whole thing. Still, in spite of its flaws, it remains a very well made and entertaining action flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you enjoyed the previous installments.

6/10