
Based on the hit television series. Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire (Emmanuelle Béart) and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) were members of Phelps' team. Unfortunately, something went horribly wrong and the mission failed, leaving Ethan Hunt the seemingly lone survivor. After he reported the failed mission, Kittridge (Henry Czerny), the head of the agency, suspects Ethan of being... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the hit television series. Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire (Emmanuelle Béart) and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) were members of Phelps' team. Unfortunately, something went horribly wrong and the mission failed, leaving Ethan Hunt the seemingly lone survivor. After he reported the failed mission, Kittridge (Henry Czerny), the head of the agency, suspects Ethan of being the culprit for the failed mission. Now, Ethan uses unorthodox methods (which includes the aid of an arms dealer going by the name "Max" (Vanessa Redgrave)) to try to find who set him up and to clear his name.
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| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressOne of the best TV-to-Movie translations. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDirector 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. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonExciting, smart and enormously enjoyable. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorDirector 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. |
| TIME MagazineRichard SchickelAn infinite trailer that is all effects, no affect. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullStarts with a whimper... and, you guessed it... self-destructs. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaA solid piece of summer escapist entertainment. |
| Lyles' Movie FilesJeffrey LylesStill holds up as a fun, unique entry in the action spy genre and launched Tom Cruise's second career arc as an action megastar. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumEvery effect is so calculated that only the conscious minds of filmmakers and viewers are engaged--and not by very much or for very long. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's a movie of profoundly convoluted pop pleasures. Between dazzling suspense sequences, it invites the audience to work for a good time. |