Mission: Impossible

If you watched television in the ‘60s, you may remember the image of a hand lighting a fuse, the familiar theme song, and the instructions to Mr. Phelps: “This tape will self-destruct in five seconds...Good luck, Jim!” Mission: Impossible puzzled TV audiences for seven years, and though it was a spy drama, it played more like a traveling theatre troupe putting on a high-stakes show – costumes, makeup, accents, casting call. The 1996 feature-film reboot directed by Brian DePalma followed a similar structure – main spy gets the mission (in this case, Tom Cruise),assembles a team, goes undercover – but the movie places more emphasis on action – death-defying stunts, chases, things the original IM-Force wouldn’t have got their hands dirty for.

ClearPlay In Action!

While ClearPlay cleans up some profanity and suggestive dialogue, most of its work comes with trimming bloody violence. There is still action-oriented violence that may be too intense for younger viewers. ClearPlayed, the movie is okay for most mature kids.

Should I decide to accept this ‘Mission’?...

I had a friend who detested this movie because of a particular plot development. While some viewers may react the same way, Mission: Impossible is a solid genre actioner, with some fun set pieces (though they may strain credibility), and a few bones thrown to the series’ origina l fans.

Marty Nabhan, ClearPlay Double Agent

Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence; 110 Mins; Directed by Brian De Palma