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This hits theaters July 31st. Looks pretty cool.
Jason Charlton said:I agree - 2 was my least favorite, and a big reason the last two really resonated with me was the return to a "team" concept.
If that last line is a jab at Tom Cruise's religion, it isn't funny or warranted.Ejanss said:Brian dePalma nailed the original series in the first movie--The opening fakeout, the stakeout on the embassy, the boo-yah burst of Lalo Schifirin as they start their orchestrated Team-IMF infiltration of the CIA....
Just where exactly the movie series turned into Tom Cruise's Adrenaline Weekend, think that was halfway through the first film, but that was more Robert Towne's fault than DePalma's.
And Woo, simply put, had never seen the show in his life. What he did know was pretty much what other people who have never watched the show in their lives know about it, namely that at some point it involves Martin Landau pulling off a rubber mask.
So, we got 2's plot pretty much revolving around rubber masks, including the protracted climax where we think Cruise has been taken prisoner, and we're sitting there, gritting our teeth, thinking
"Yes, they switched masks, we freakin' KNOW!--We've seen Darkman, okay? Just get the heck on with it, and put this scene out of its misery!!"
3 and 4 both tried to back away from the cliff and involve some actual team plots (the switched hotel room in 4 was a TV staple), but somebody please keep Lord Xenu away from the bungie-jumping...
That's so dangerous, I'd say that you shouldn't encourage him.Brandon Conway said:The man tied himself to the outside of a flying plane for this film. Stunts like that earn my theater dollars.
Osato said:https://www.yahoo.com/movies/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-plane-stunt-114408491527.html
Great article on the plane stunt.