An average movie

Back then, Tom Cruise was the biggest movie star in the world and Brian De Palma was one of the most highly regarded directors. But the time has changed and for De Palma, it would be his last hit... Anyway, it was back then a huge success and 16 years later and it has now become a bonafide franchise with already 5 installments. This first movie is probably the most faithful to the TV-show and I really liked how that the whole movie took place in Europa. Anyway, De Palma is definitely here in his element and the directing was just very efficient. Furthermore, you had here an impressive international cast (Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Emilio Estevez) and they all gave some decent performances, except maybe Emmanuelle Béart who never managed to find the right tone (no surprise she didn't breakthrough abroad afterwards). Still, I wasn't convinced by the whole thing. In my opinion, the main issue is that the plot was just too far-fetched and, as a result, after 20 minutes, I didn't care much about what was going on, as long as it looked good. Still, it is a rather entertaining spy movie with 2 of the most amazing action scenes ever made and it is definitely worth a look.

6/10