The movie works as action film that takes itself seriously but still knows all the cloak-and-dagger fantasy is a bit silly.
When it comes to big-budget American action films, the Mission: Impossiblefranchise has been the gold standard for almost a decade and a half. Earlier entries have their admirable qualities — iconic set pieces, stunning camera work, Philip Seymour Hoffman — but Ghost Protocol (2009) ignited a new era of formal virtuosity and “how-did-they-do-that” audacity for the franchise...