Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2011

Reviews (15)

1. P

   Patrick Willems 8 月 22, 2026

   Aka Brad Bird teaches a masterclass in action filmmaking

   2,684 1
2. S

   sophie 8 月 22, 2026

   tom cruise: hey, dare me to climb the tallest building in the world? me: umm… well, no… tom cruise, putting his shoes on: i can’t believe you’re making me do this me: TOM NO PLEASE STOP tom cruise, beginning to climb: you’re so stupid haha

   9,062 12
3. F

   Framesofnick 8 月 22, 2026

   My girlfriend said “I am excited to see Jeremy Renner in this movie”

   1,899 18
4. A

   Angela Ferraguto 8 月 22, 2026

   I think one of the reasons they really start to peak at 4 is Ethan starts to actually be funny? His physical comedy is so good in this. Directing Benji in the prison breakout. The shrugging at the goggles. Getting stuck outside the hospital barefoot. Doesn’t say a word, it’s all in his face and you crack up. Perfect. Extremely Jackie Chan. It’s like he stopped trying to be James Bond and realized we want Police Story.

   5,876 21
5. R

   roby 8 月 22, 2026

   Tom Cruise tries to kill himself every 7 minutes and 23 seconds. I actually timed it.

   3,917 4
6. E

   Ellie ✨ 8 月 22, 2026

   my only joy in life is ethan hunt not being tall enough to reach a retinal scanner

   2,175 3
7. R

   Roberto_ 8 月 22, 2026

   me: scientology is bad tom cruise in his 50s: *scales burj khalifa in dubai* me, signing papers to join scientology: i’ll have what he’s having

   5,224 4
8. D

   demi adejuyigbe 8 月 22, 2026

   This movie is outstanding and the Dubai sequence is obviously the most memorable for good reason, but the thing that really impresses me every time is the Kremlin hallway sequence. A perfect example of feasible, well-designed futurism, and it’s shown to us in action so well that they never have to stop and explain how it works or why it would break down with multiple eye lines. Even makes for a great gag! Love this shit. Sandstorm sequence rules, jailbreak sequence rules, parking garage sequence rules. Imagine where we’d be as a country if Joe Biden had the guts to invoke Ghost Protocol. “The Democrats need your help, Demi. With your $5, we can finally have the power to invoke Ghost Protocol.”

   3,382 13
9. W

   Wesley R. Ball 8 月 22, 2026

   You don’t know the meaning of stress until you’ve seen Tom Cruise scaling the Burj Khalifa.

   1,925 3
10. S

    SilentDawn 8 月 22, 2026

    Was an 80, now a 90 Tom Cruise doesn’t ‘perform’ in Ghost Protocol. He climbs buildings and leaps and punches and dives and drives a car off the side of a parking garage, but he never acts. Brad Bird just happened to film Tom Cruise in the process of growing a third penis, and here we are.

    2,295 5
11. J

    James (Schaffrillas) 8 月 22, 2026

    BRAD FUCKING BIRD. It’s honestly ridiculous how perfectly his skills at crafting tightly-woven animated action sequences translated to the live-action medium. Legit could not breathe as Ethan scaled the Burj Khalifa. Said out loud “there’s no way” when he tossed one of the gloves aside. Had to rewind when he attempted to swing back inside and bonked his head because I simply couldn’t believe my eyes – and in the process of doing so, I noticed that this was an hour in! This thing just flies by and does not feel its length at all, it’s so engrossing! Honestly the first one of these movies to really earn the title of the franchise. The dual meeting sequence, the sandstorm chase, the sheer down-to-the-wire nature of the finale; I can’t believe they pulled this thing off. This applies to the characters and the filmmakers! Cannot believe it apparently gets better from here.

    3,127
12. K

    Karsten 8 月 22, 2026

    this meant everything to me

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13. T

    The Movie Mob 10 月 21, 2022

    **Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol takes an already great formula and upgrades it with bigger stunts, more character development, and an expanded universe.**

    Ghost Protocol tops the list of best Mission Impossible movies and sits near the top of best spy films. Ghost Protocol ratchets up the action, the stunts, the comedy, and the allure while still delivering a compelling and entertaining story in ways the franchise hadn’t mastered before. The world of the IMF expands beyond its star agent Ethan Hunt by showing agents on other missions and giving Hunt’s team backstories and development. Brad Bird’s Pixar charm rubs off on the film with fun, quirky moments punctuating the incredible action set pieces and providing a little breathing room in the intense face-paced plot. The quality of new characters and the pedigree of the actors playing them seems to prepare the franchise for spin-offs or even a changing of the guard (if Tom Cruise ever wanted to pass the movies on to a new lead). Ghost Protocol sets a new bar for the Mission Impossible series that causes its successors to thrive as they reach for its level of excellence. If you didn’t want to watch all 6 (and soon to be 8), Ghost Protocol wouldn’t be a bad place to start.

14. C

    CinemaSerf 7 月 2, 2022

    This is almost as good as the first outing – almost 20 years ago – for “Ethan” (Tom Cruise) and he finds himself on the wrong end of an evaluation from the US Government – led by “Hunley” (Alec Baldwin) that wants to dissolve the IMF. He and “Luther” (VIng Rhames), meantime, are on the trail of the “Syndicate” – a criminal organisation that poses a real threat to the peace and security of the nation and to his organisation. Co-opting “Benji” (Simon Pegg) and “Brandt” (Jeremy Renner) they soon come across the enigmatic “Ilsa” (Rebecca Ferguson) who wants to help out, but why? What now ensues is a tautly directed thriller with plenty of action that takes us all around Morocco and Europe before quite a gripping conclusion to the intrigue leaves everyone unsure who they can trust. Christopher McQuarrie seems to have decided to go back to the television series for reference here, the teamwork (even from the usually terrible Pegg) and the plot develop more plausibly and excitingly; it has a grittier and more substantial story to it, and even if Cruise looks a little unkempt from time to time, that narrative is just better – it actually is a thriller rather than just another piece of star-led boisterous entertainment. Like most films that depict the principle of US Senate oversight, it continues to poke fun at the (in)competencies of that body to even make a proper cup of coffee; there is some humour in the dialogue and it’s put the franchise very much back on track.

15. G

    Gimly 8 月 17, 2016

    Perhaps what I’m missing with _Mission: Impossible_ is the big screen experience. Because I’m just not really feeling the love with this franchise. 15 years down the road since the first film and it still all feels a little unfocussed and silly to me, despite how beloved I know it is.

    That all said, and though the villain here is certainly no Phillip Seymour-Hoffman of _M:I:III_, I still felt this was the strongest entry of the franchise so far. They even finally figured out that women can be used for more than just a damsel-in-distress, throwaway-set-piece or eye-candy. They haven’t moved terribly far past that point, but at least they’re changing it up a little. This fourth entry also adds a little levity, something a series that has always been a little dumb, is well served by.

    _Final rating:★★½ – Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._