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Opened the film with high expectations. Walked away disappointed. But not that disappointed that I start including it in "worst films" lists or start burning it with hate in my head. No, it was OK. It had the potential of making Ethan Hunt the modern humour-less equivalent of James Bond but unfortunately it couldn't; That honour went to Jason Bourne. Now, Brian De Palma has directed quite-few well-known films and this film looked promising but because of its lackluster script, implausible scenes and Jon Voight, it fell short. Way short, if you ask me. Jon Voight is a hilariously bad actor who has only done 2-3 good films and that too at the very start of his career. His performance wasn't in the least bit in league with the others. Not even Tom Cruise, for that matter. To me he felt like as if he was mentally deciphering the script in his head while at the same time trying to control his limbs. There was hardly any synchronization and it felt detached, not wanting to be in the film at all, as if he was missing out his favourite soap opera and wanted to finish the scene as quickly as possible.
I've long given up on action films because of their implausibility and irrational moments. I know, I know, these are the 2 factors which fuel these type of movies but I guess I'm not the right audience. But I do like to see an action film once in a while and even though Mission Impossible was a good watch, it hardly came up to my expectations.
6.5/10
