Mission Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol. Ultimate dose of action

MI 4
Cast: - Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Puala Patton, Anil Kapoor( Baal kalakaar in guest appearence)
Running Time :- Approx 2 hours

Before writing anything I want to put a disclaimer that I like action movies and I am sort of a fan of MI movies. Though I was not able to understand Mission Impossible One and there was hardly anything to understand in other two instalments still I like the way action and technology is represented in MI movies more like american version of James Bond but without limitations of suit and tie.


Finally coming to the movie, only one line is enough, completely worthy of watching in cinema hall. From the very first scene action starts and till the last it continues. Success of an action film can be measured by the moments which can shake you while sitting on your comfortable seat and believe me MI -4 has many moments like this where unexpected happens.


Film starts with death of an IMF agent and escape of Ethan hunt (Tom Cruise) from the moscow prison with the help of his newly formed team consisting of a female agent Jane (Paula Patton) and a computer specialist Benji(Simon Pegg). Ethan is asked to lead the team on his new mission to get a file from moscow archive to intercept a secret. From there on everything happened wrong for them and set the base for the rest of film


I dont want to reveal what ever happened there after as it all may dilute the effect of the film and I did not read the story of the film although it is available in full on wikipedia :). Just wanted to say there is continous action from moscow to dubai and finally India.


There are so many moments that make me feel like I have got worth of my money. The action level kept on rising with every scene. Prison escape was not that much of full packed action but later on destruction of kremlen, murder of IMF secretarty and the best scenes at Burj khalifa in dubai outclassed the previous scene. Spider man act of Tom cruise on burj khalifa with one hand from 130th floor and sand storm coming in backend along with occassioal slipping of hands from a height of 2000 ft made my heart miss a beat some times. Even if that is not enough coming back from such a height by running on the glass was an exceptional stunt.


All this happened till interval and as in first hour itself so much action of high voltage has happened, there cant be anything better in second half. Pace dips and so as action.This time team of ethan hunt got their part of action too. William Brandt (Jeremy Renner) an IMF agent disguised as an analyst, got the chance to do the famous mission impossible scene of hanging vertical to ground which Tom Cruise has repeated in all of his MI movies but this time with no strings and above a gigantic running fan. Even in the climax, mumbai parking lot has been shown like that of international standard which has not been shown even in hindi movies till now. However climax is bit extended and fight of an old strategist with expert IMF agent looks enforced when we know that our super hero will save us any how.


Talking about story there is nothing to talk. There is same beaten to death story of probable nuclear attack from which our heroic team want to save the world. A new flavour of comedy included this time with benji in place of luther(in previous movies) as a computer specalist. There are some conversations between Benji and Brandt which will put smiles on your face especially the dialogue of brandt after dangerous stunt that "Agli baar ladki wala kaam main karunga(Next time I will seduce the rich guy"). However when movie is so highly paced with so much happening around we are least concerned about the story.


Samething can be said about technology. Computer securities are broken like a decoding of school boy project. Iphones have been used for unlocking access doors, Ipad has been used for highest quality 3-D views, contact lenses has been used as scanner and printer. Touch screen phones have been used as tracker and even computer hackings. We cant say anything apart from wasting oyr mind on how all this is possible.


Talking of acting, Tom cruise is perfect in the role of ethan hunt and no one can think of any one else in his role though he started to look quite old and watching him shirtless was quite a pain. Simon pegg provided comic relief and Paula patton looked beautiful and quite effective in her action scenes. Jeremy Renner as an ex-IMF agent filled with guilt for himself for his past mistakes was effective too in action scenes. Anil kapoor played a very brief version of what he is doing from a long time in hindi movies, playing a role of rich business man having eyes on each and every beautiful woman.


All in all, illogical story, out of world techonology and unseen high voltage stunts make this a highly effective film. Some scenes will remain in memory for a long time. So if you are a mission impossible fan you can't dare to miss it seeing on large screen as you dont know when the next installment will come and that will have tom cruise or not.