

The story itself is fairly straightforward, even if the item being chased often feels like a MacGuffin.

There may never have been an actor more suited to a recurring role than Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt (Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones might be the closest).

McQuarrie co-wrote the script with Erik Jendresen ("Band of Brothers"), and they remain faithful to the characters and storylines established by the TV series creator, Bruce Geller. Of course, we are only one year removed from Tom Cruise's TOP GUN: MAVERICK being credited with 'saving cinema', so stay on alert for a 'sky is falling' panic. All this during an age when ultra-high-budget blockbusters are being rumored to be fading from public interest. You should know that this is "Part One" and it runs 163 minutes, a full hour longer than most movies, and exponentially more expensive to produce. they have delivered Ethan Hunt's biggest and grandest mission yet. With the seventh film in the series, and the third straight he has directed, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie and superstar actor and daredevil Tom Cruise have managed to accomplish what seemed unlikely. The challenge in continuing the "Mission: Impossible" franchise is that fans expect each entry to be "bigger" and more awe-inspiring than the last.
