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Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American action spy film directed by Brian De Palma and produced by and starring Tom Cruise. A continuation of both the original television series of the same name and its revived sequel series (and set six years after the events of the latter show), it is the first installment in the Mission: Impossible film series.

Plot
Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire (Emmanuelle Béart) and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) were members of Phelps' team. 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 include 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.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This is a good start of doing the movie series of Mission Impossible series.
 * 2) Danny Elfman still delivers an amazing soundtrack as always, especially the most iconic theme song from the series as well.
 * 3) Each actors give amazing performances in this movie, especially from Tom Cruise who is portrayed as Ethan Hunt.
 * 4) It has a lot of great action scenes, such as
 * 5) Well-done realistic effects throughout the movie.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The movie can be a bit graphic for a PG-13 rated film, such as a scene where Tony Baretta getting killed in the elevator.

Critical Response
Mission Impossible was released on May 22, 1996, and it received mainly mix-to-positive reviews from critics, audiences, and fans of the series. The film has a 64% "Fresh" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10, with the critical consensus reading, "Full of special effects, Brian De Palma’s update of Mission: Impossible has a lot of sweeping spectacles, but the plot is sometimes convoluted". On Metacritic, it scores a film a 59/100, based on 29 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Box Office
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