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So solid. MI: 1 still holds up and is a fun time.
Whatever the reason for its disappointments, Mission: Impossible is a mission gone awry, prompting you to hope that reruns of its television incarnation will pop up on cable soon.
Every effect is so calculated that only the conscious minds of filmmakers and viewers are engaged--and not by very much or for very long.
The bottom line on a film like this is, Tom Cruise looks cool and holds our attention while doing neat things that we don't quite understand--doing them so quickly and with so much style that we put our questions on hold, and go with the flow.