Mission Accomplished...

After hovering over Europe, Australia and part of China and Russia with the first 3 ones the 4th instalment of MI moves to the eastern part of the world and Tom Cruise is back in his most popular avatar as Ethan Hunt. With Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol the franchisee finds its 4th director in as many versions. While I did like the 3rd part the most this one is certainly the best in the series and thus pretty much successful in revamping the franchisee.
MI 4 directed by the talented Brad Bird is stylish and smart just like its predecessors but perhaps for the first time the series has a decent screenplay to work with and that shows. Thankfully Bird has downplayed the mask business in this one,while the first three instalments had taken it to ridiculous level. Instead he works hard on the screenplay and the film works mostly on the strength of that.



The story is simple and on track for a MI version so there are ample stunt scenes and as usual they are spectacular. Tom Cruise even though looking a bit aged has done well as the superspy and the star cast looks better in this one. While Simon Pegg & Paula Patton are welcome changes Jeremy Renner as Agent Brandt steals the show. This is clearly not his film and he is supposed to underplay beneath the shadow of Ethan Hunt but Renner is too good an actor to slip by this golden opportunity. Though given a limited scope he is very good in it. He brings in the funny yet tough and importantly subtle touch on board in this otherwise over the top action drama and I just loved him for that. This man is destined for much better roles that is for sure.
So all in all MI 4 is a much better sequel compared to the earlier versions. It has kept the style and over the top flavour intact besides adding new spices to the dyeing franchisee. Even though the film is not immune to illogical moves but to some extent it dares to be different and that itself is commendable job for the director. I am going 7 out of 10 for MI 4 finally somebody has put in some common sense in the silly series.