Mission: Impossible (1996)

Written by Bruce Geller, David Koepp

Directed by Brian de Palma

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

	Tom Cruise		Ethan Hunt
	Jon Voight		Jim Phelps
	Emmanuelle Béart		Claire Phelps
	Henry Czerny		Eugene Kittridge
	Jean Reno		Franz Krieger
	Ving Rhames		Luther Stickell
	Kristin Scott-Thomas		Sarah Davies
	Vanessa Redgrave		Max
	Dale Dye		Frank Barnes
	Marcel Iures		Golitsyn
	Ion Caramitru		Zozimov
	Ingeborga Dapkunaite		Hannah Williams
	Valentina Yakunina		Drunken female IMF agent
	Marek Vasut		Drunken male IMF agent
	Nathan Osgood		Kittridge technician