Mission: Impossible (1996)

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Written by Bruce Geller, David Koepp

Directed by Brian de Palma

Also known as "Misión Imposible", "Missão Impossível", "Mission Impossible"

Running Time: 110 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1996

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

This fast-paced action thriller, starring Tom Cruise, is loosely based on the vintage 1960s TV spy series. In this 1996 "big-screen" version, the team leader of an elite undercover unit tries to find out who set them up after a disastrous mission in Prague. When he is framed for the deaths of his espionage team and learns that someone is attempting to sell a list of Impossible Missions Force agents' names on the black market, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) mobilises a new unit to track down the real culprits.

Frankly it's an incredibly confusing plot, but an absorbing ride, sharply directed by Brian De Palma. The action culminates in a stunning helicopter chase through the Channel Tunnel.

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Cast

Image for Tom CruiseTom CruiseEthan Hunt
Image for Jon VoightJon VoightJim Phelps
Image for Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle BéartClaire Phelps
Henry CzernyEugene Kittridge
Image for Jean RenoJean RenoFranz Krieger
Image for Ving RhamesVing RhamesLuther Stickell
Image for Kristin Scott-ThomasKristin Scott-ThomasSarah Davies
Image for Vanessa RedgraveVanessa RedgraveMax
Dale DyeFrank Barnes
Marcel IuresGolitsyn
Ion CaramitruZozimov
Ingeborga DapkunaiteHannah Williams
Valentina YakuninaDrunken female IMF agent
Marek VasutDrunken male IMF agent
Nathan OsgoodKittridge technician

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Comments

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites October 28th - 8:39amRaz said...

    This film goes to show how getting local information right will improve the ratings. It's so full of holes it makes it unbearable to watch. From the sun rising over Prague Castle when it actually sets from that perceived location to the comical multi faceted errors on the Channel Tunnel, TGV not Eurostar, the diesel locomotive instead of overhead power cables, the train crossing under bridges over 100 years old on a line that was built around 15 years ago, not stopping at the station outside Folkstone and racing at high speed into the not Channel Tunnel). They didn't even try to get this right.

    Oh by the way it's Ukraine not The Ukraine.

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