Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

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  • Opened December 21, 2011 (Opens 12/16 in select theaters)
  • 2 hr 13 min
  • PG-13 | Sequences of intense action and violence

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go "off the grid" -- left without resources or backup -- Hunt must somehow clear the agency's name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives are suspect. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Michael Nyqvist
  • Director: Brad Bird
  • Genres: Action/Adventure

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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

by Jason Freytag

I have to admit the reason I first went to this movie was to check out the new theater in town. But it was a very good movie. Tom Cruise always does an excellent job with whatever role he's given...

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by rashadxll

Personally I'm a fan of all the Mission Impossible movies. In views of the directing a producing it was caught just like the last ones. An I like that fact that the people making keep it close to the...

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by cyberjew2

I'm a fan of the series, but this is by far the best installment. You can tell that all effort was made to create a pulse-pounding action movie with stunts that look so real, you won't believe it......

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Ghost Protocol brims with scenes that are exciting and amazing at the same time; they're brought off with such casual aplomb that they're funny, too. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

It's implausible as hell, but no less fun for that. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Oscar-winning animator Brad Bird seems to have accomplished the impossible with the fourth Mission: Impossible installment by injecting the 15-year-old series with newfound, breathtaking energy. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Has a certain cartoonish vibe. That's OK, because Brad Bird's brand of toonage (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille) owes much to the rigors and traditions of live action, not only in the way he references other films, but also in his visual approach - sweeping, swooping camera pans, wide vistas, jolting perspective. Read full review

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Paula Patton and Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol."