It’s a bold move to heavily advertise the biggest stunt of the movie and the probably the most exciting moment and then use it within the first ten minutes of the film. It means one of two things: either the rest … Continue reading Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) Review
At a time when the fourth movie in a franchise is either the reboot of the series or a luckless, last-ditch attempt to flog a dead horse, the Mission Impossible franchise was actually finding it’s feet. The first film was a … Continue reading Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) Re-View
If Mission Impossible was a focused spy thriller and Mission Impossible 2 was a mind-less, popcorn action movie then Mission Impossible 3 sits comfortably in the middle. It takes the more spy focused, thriller style from the first movie and mixes … Continue reading Mission: Impossible 3 (2006) Review
The second movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise couldn’t feel more different to it’s predecessor. The first was a focused, intelligent spy thriller with a plot that kept you guessing and action scenes that worked for the story and … Continue reading Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Review
It is amazing how different the original Mission: Impossible movie is to the summer blockbuster movies that the franchise offers today. Mission: Impossible is actually a taut, slightly complicated and quite low-key spy thriller and about as far-removed from the outlandish, … Continue reading Mission: Impossible (1996) Review
While Superheroes and Science Fiction may take the attention of most people in 2015, spy movies are slowly creeping under the radar, with not one or two but at least five movies concerning secret agents, gadgets, girls and exotic locations making their way to the big … Continue reading 2015 – The Year of the Spy movie!
Regardless of how you feel about his casting as the titular character of the movie, Tom Cruise is the best aspect of the movie Jack Reacher. He is a convincing everyman who can comfortably handle himself without having to look … Continue reading Jack Reacher (2012) Review
In a time when people are deciding that their spies need to be gritty, realistic and brooding, its great to have a series that is still willing to have fun with idea of secret agents. As much as I loved Skyfall, there is something great about seeing a traditional spy film, with huge ridiculous action set-pieces, gadgets that push the boundaries of realism and a tongue-in-cheek sense of fun running throughout. I would never have thought that the Mission Impossible franchise would be the one that would keep the traditional spy values alive. From the very beginning though, with Tom … Continue reading Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) Review
Tropic Thunder feels like it wouldn’t have mattered if nobody had seen it. I watched it thinking that this film was made more for every actor involved to have fun and mess around than it was to actually make any money. It’s because of this that I loved it! From the ingenious fake trailers used to introduce each character at the beginning to the countless, ridiculous cameo’s, this film was brilliant. It felt like each actor was trying to outdo the others and be as outrageous as they could be. When those actors include Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey … Continue reading Tropic Thunder (2008) Review
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