Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible
    1996

    Synopsis

    When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

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    Cast

    • Tom CruiseEthan Hunt
    • Jon VoightJim Phelps
    • Emmanuelle BéartClaire Phelps
    • Henry CzernyEugene Kittridge
    • Jean RenoFranz Krieger
    • Ving RhamesLuther Stickell
    • Kristin Scott ThomasSarah Davies
    • Vanessa RedgraveMax Mitsopolis
    • Ingeborga DapkūnaitėHannah Williams
    • Valentina YakuninaDrunken Female IMF Agent

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Salon

      Director Brian De Palma is having too much fun zipping around curves and hitting the accelerator to slow down. He's a supremely confident engineer, and if you're game enough to make a jump for it and hold on, he offers the giddy excitement of watching the ground rush by beneath your dangling feet.
    • 90

      Washington Post

      Exciting, smart and enormously enjoyable.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      A sleek, whooshingly entertaining update of the vintage television series.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      The bottom line on a film like this is, Tom Cruise looks cool and holds our attention while doing neat things that we don't quite understand--doing them so quickly and with so much style that we put our questions on hold, and go with the flow.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      This movie isn't a disaster, but, all things considered, there's little reason to make it a high priority for theatrical viewing.
    • 50

      Austin Chronicle

      Whatever the reason for its disappointments, Mission: Impossible is a mission gone awry, prompting you to hope that reruns of its television incarnation will pop up on cable soon.
    • 50

      Christian Science Monitor

      Some of the suspense set-pieces are impressive, but the picture would pack a greater wallop if it were stitched together more tightly and consistently.
    • 30

      Chicago Reader

      Every effect is so calculated that only the conscious minds of filmmakers and viewers are engaged--and not by very much or for very long.

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