This process involves a check list of Cold War spycraft and cliches: Eye glasses with built-in TV cameras, concealed microphones, laptop computers, agents in elaborate disguise, exploding cars, knifings, shootings, bodies toppling into a river, etc. Of course the whole sequence centers around a diplomatic reception in Prague. Because "Mission: Impossible" was directed by Brian De Palma, a master of genre thrillers and sly Hitchcockian wit " Blow Out ," " Body Double " , it's a nearly impossible mission to take the plot seriously.
He is more concerned with style than story, which is wise, since if this movie ever paused to explain itself it would take a very long time. There are so many double-reverses in the first half hour that we learn to accept nothing at face value not even faces, since they may be elaborate latex masks. And the momentum of the visuals prevents us from asking logical questions, such as, is physically copying a computer file onto another disc the only way to steal it?
My colleague Rich Elias has written that the obvious solution for the CIA would have been to hire Robert Redford's team from " Sneakers " to commit an online theft. The characters are not very interesting except for Vanessa Redgrave , as an information broker, and Jon Voight, who expresses a touching world-weariness in a film too impatient for weariness of any kind. The plot is impossible to follow. The various strategies of Cruise and his allies and foes don't stand up under scrutiny.
And none of that matters. This is a movie that exists in the instant, and we must exist in the instant to enjoy it. Any troubling questions from earlier in the film must be firmly repressed.
De Palma is expert at sustained nonverbal action sequences, and there are three in the film: The opening scenario at the diplomatic reception; a delicate act of computer theft; and a chase in which a helicopter follows the high-speed London-Paris train into the Chunnel with Cruise and a bad guy clinging to the top of it.
The computer theft scene will ring a bell with anyone who has seen " Rififi " or "Topkapi" , both by Jules Dassin , who became famous for his extended theft sequences done in total silence.
This time, De Palma gives us a computer "safe room" rigged so that alarms will sound at any noise above a certain decibel level, any pressure on the floor, any change in temperature. Cruise hangs in a harness while carefully inserting a blank disc and making a copy of the file.
Of course it's convenient that the decibel level is set high enough that it isn't triggered by the noise of a computer copying a disc -- which is precisely what it should be guarding against. Convenient, too, that the infra-red rays guarding the ceiling hatch can be so conveniently dealt with. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Based on the hit television series. Jim Phelps Jon Voight was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material.
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. Only the mission matters. Rated PG for some intense action violence. Did you know Edit.
Trivia While filming the famous scene where Tom Cruise drops from the ceiling and hovers inches above the ground, Cruise's head kept hitting the floor until he got the idea to put coins in his shoes for balance. Goofs Although some would consider a computer room equipped with the three high-tech security systems, meant to prevent any intrusion, as missing the "most basic security measure" of video surveillance, video surveillance is often not permitted in highly classified areas where there is a risk that unauthorized personnel - such as the security personnel - may see the material.
The security personnel may theoretically be cleared for that classification but they would not have a "need to know" the information contained within AND video surveillance visible in another area would defy the measures taken to keep the information in a secure room.
Crazy credits The opening credits contain several plot points from the movie. Alternate versions The in-joke where Tom Cruise goes online with his laptop by typing in, not Usenet, but Crusenet, has been changed in the US DVD versions to where he types "internet access.
User reviews Review. Top review. Very clever thriller. For those who have not seen the original Mission Impossible, it is a real shame. While the other flicks offer plenty of explosions and cool action sequences, the original remains the best for it's interesting plot twists, some decent acting, and a well developed element of suspense that's lacking in the later pictures.
To reveal any of the plot would be a disservice: it certainly has some pretty interesting occurrences that should be seen for full effect. What really makes this great though is De Palma's direction. Unlike the later flicks, key scenes are drawn out: there is a real Spense of suspense that is rarely achieved.
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. Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise and his I.
But the C. The mission, should Hunt choose to accept it is to team up with two disavowed I. Its Impossible. This movie, based on the television series, finds Jim Phelps Jon Voight and his team charged with stopping a traitor from stealing and selling classified material. Everything was going well until the man they are following and all of the team are inexplicably killed except for Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise.
Ethan then calls Director Kittridge Henry Czerny and goes to meet him when he discovers that the whole mission was to ferret a mole that they have been suspicious of for some time.
Kittridge shows evidence that hints that Ethan's the one for whom they have been looking, but Ethan knows that he is not, so he escapes.
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