Mission: Impossible
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Critics Sentiment
Ethan infiltrates CIA headquarters suspended horizontally from cables
Claire appears alive at Prague safe house explaining her escape
The film jumps from its lowest point during Claire's survival revelation to its absolute peak with the iconic CIA vault infiltration sequence.
Mission: Impossible delivers a strong opening that establishes paranoia and betrayal, builds through increasingly complex plot machinations, and peaks with the universally acclaimed CIA vault sequence. The film maintains solid momentum through its final act revelations and spectacular action finale, though some reviewers found the middle sections overly convoluted.
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Tom Cruise
Ethan Hunt
Jon Voight
Jim Phelps
Emmanuelle Béart
Claire
Henry Czerny
Kittridge
Jean Reno
Krieger
Ving Rhames
Luther
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sarah Davies
Vanessa Redgrave
Max
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Hannah
Valentina Yakunina
Drunken Female IMF Agent
Marek Vašut
Drunken Male IMF Agent
Nathan Osgood
Kittridge Technician
John McLaughlin
TV Interviewer
Rolf Saxon
CIA Analyst William Donloe
Karel Dobrý
Matthias
Andreas Wisniewski
Max's Companion
David Shaeffer
Diplomat Rand Housman
Rudolf Pechan
Mayor Brandl
Gaston Šubert
Jaroslav Reid
Ricco Ross
Denied Area Security Guard
Crew
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