Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

"No plan. No backup. No choice."

2011 2h 13m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 11,057

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Synopsis

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Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

“No plan. No backup. No choice.”

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Cast

Tom Cruise
Ethan Hunt
Paula Patton
Jane
Simon Pegg
Benji
Jeremy Renner
Brandt
Michael Nyqvist
Hendricks
Vladimir Mashkov
Sidorov
Samuli Edelmann
Wistrom
Ivan Shvedoff
Leonid Lisenker

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brad Bird
Writers: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec
Languages: English, Russian, French, Arabic, Swedish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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$145M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 4.8× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, Russian, French, Arabic, Swedish.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Mission: Impossible Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brad Bird, shot by Robert Elswit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Paul Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Brad Bird directs. Robert Elswit behind the camera. Michael Giacchino scores. Paul Hirsch cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian, French, Arabic, Swedish.

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1$145M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.8× over at the box office.
3Released 15 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, Russian, French, Arabic, Swedish.
5Part of the "Mission: Impossible Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Brad Bird, shot by Robert Elswit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Paul Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Tom Cruise and Paula Patton and Simon Pegg carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "No plan. No backup. No choice.".
11IMDB entry: tt1229238 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1211,057 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 29 themes, including "mask", "assassin", "budapest, hungary", "skyscraper".
14Released under 51 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Original score: Michael Giacchino
Editing: Paul Hirsch
Production design: James D. Bissell
Costume design: Michael Kaplan
VFX supervisor: John Knoll
Sound: Gary Rydstrom
Stunt coordinator: Pavel Cajzl
Runtime: 133 min · 2h 13m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $145,000,000
Box office: $694,713,380
Return: 479% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

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Mission: Impossible Collection

Mission: Impossible is a series of a secret agent thriller films based on the popular 1966–73 television series. They chronicle the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) under the leadership of agent Ethan Hunt.

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Gimly2016-08-17
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.
CinemaSerf2022-07-02
★ 7/10
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.
The Movie Mob2022-10-21
★ 10/10
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.