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Before we see what death-defying hijinks they get into next (we don’t think Ethan’s been to the moon yet), we’re ranking all Mission: Impossible movies by Tomatometer! — Alex Vo. Mission:...
- 'Mission: Impossible III' (2006) THE PITCH: When he isn’t busy wooing, and eventually wedding, Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan), a nurse who knows nothing about his spy-guy activities, Ethan Hunt leads his IMF team in pursuit of a MacGuffin-ish device (known as “Rabbit’s Foot”) coveted by arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
- 'Mission: Impossible II' (2000) THE PITCH: Ethan Hunt convinces beautiful thief Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) to renew her affair with IMF turncoat Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) in order to retrieve vials of an artificially created virus.
- 'Mission: Impossible' (1996) THE PITCH: After IMF chief Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) dies in the line of duty — yeah, right — special agent Ethan Hunt must assume command of a mission to keep a list of deep-cover CIA operatives from being sold by an IMF mole.
- 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' (2011) THE PITCH: After Ethan Hunt is (wrongly) blamed for destroying a significant section of the Kremlin, the Impossible Missions Force is temporarily disbanded.
- 7 'Mission: Impossible II'
- 6 'Mission: Impossible'
- 5 'Mission: Impossible III'
- 4 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
- 3 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'
- 2 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
- 1 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One'
Director: John Woo
The only entry in the Mission: Impossible series that proves a little divisive is Mission: Impossible II. It's easy to single it out as the weakest entry so far - that being said, it's certainly not a terrible movie. It helped push the series further into a more action-focused approach compared to its spy-thriller-centered predecessor. The plot sees Ethan Hunt traveling around the world to stop an ex-IMF agent from unleashing a bioweapon that could claim countless lives. It was directed by Jo...
Director: Brian De Palma
The first entry in the Mission: Impossiblefilm series isn't among the very best, but it still makes for a strong start. Its story has a slightly smaller scale than the plots seen in later movies, but it's nevertheless exciting and consistently entertaining. Its central premise sees Ethan Hunt framed by a mole within the CIA, which leads to him trying to prove his innocence while on the run, exposing the real villain in the process. Mission: Impossible might feel a little quaint compared to wh...
Director: J. J. Abrams
Before directing one solid Star Wars film and then another, which was certainly less than great or even inspired, J.J. Abrams lent his flashy, lens-flare-heavy style to the Mission: Impossible series; the result was overall pretty good.Mission: Impossible IIIis frenetic and entertainingly chaotic, with the plot following Ethan Hunt working with a new team to take down a dangerous arms dealer named Owen Davian. The action satisfies, and the story is decent, with Cruise accompanied by a solid s...
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
The fifth movie in the Mission Impossible series, 2015's Rogue Nation, is an immensely satisfying action/adventure film. It's ruthlessly efficient from a technical perspective, being well-paced and constructed throughout, and once again having a typically high-stakes plot. Here, Ethan Hunt and his team need to take on an organization called The Syndicate, seeing as it seems deadset on taking down IMF. It sits in between two of the very best Mission: Impossible movies, and quality-wise, it's j...
Director: Brad Bird
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol might've been the first time the series established itself as one that could be genuinely great rather than merely very good. This fourth movie in the franchiseelevated things considerably with a story that saw Ethan Hunt and his team having to work independently of the government after being partially blamed for a particularly devastating terrorist attack. There were certainly impressive stunts and action set pieces in the first three movies; however, Gho...
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
The sixth Mission: Impossible movie also happens to be one of the very best, partly thanks to its stellar use of the 2.5-hour runtime to deliver numerous high-quality action setpieces. Fallout is among the most dramatic and high-stakes of the series so far, with a comparable premise to Ghost Protocol: Ethan Hunt and his team find themselves blamed for something and need to work to prove they haven't been compromised while dealing with more enemies that want to take them down. Mission: Impossi...
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
For as impossibly good as Mission: Impossible - Fallout was, its follow-up, Dead Reckoning Part One, is somehow better. It takes the entire series to new and impressive heights while expertly setting up a follow-up to conclude things in what's to be an undoubtedly explosive and exciting fashion. Even better, it does this without feeling unfinished or like a cliffhanger; Dead Recoking Part Onefeels largely complete, leaving just enough hanging to make viewers excited about what's next. Dead Re...
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Jul 12, 2023 · Across 27 (!) years and seven installments, Tom Cruise has set the gold standard for action movies. But which Mission: Impossible movie is the best of the best?
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Jul 13, 2023 · Mission: Impossible. Movies, Ranked. With the release of Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One, we look back at a franchise so reliably good, it might have surpassed the...
Jul 13, 2023 · The second Mission: Impossible movie now looks a bit off-model. As Ethan Hunt, Cruise here seems more like a smug James Bond knockoff than the driven do-gooder of other films. It moves, by ...
Jul 11, 2023 · Mission: Impossible remains one of the best entries in the franchise, thanks to Cruise’s committed performance and De Palma’s stylish direction. 1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
