in retrospect this is probably the single best action film of its decade
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in retrospect this is probably the single best action film of its decade
OH COME ON STOP TALKING ABOUT FEET FOR FIVE SECONDS
the series should have ended here
yes
I can't think of anything better or more memorable, unironically
a bit hyperbolic but yes MI: Ghost Protocol is outstanding
i agree but dont respect this opinion coming from you since you write like a homosexual
Dredd and Fury Road are in contention.
I feel like Tom Cruise earned it by climbing the Berj Khalifa
Lena Heady earned it by being cast out of Peach Trees from the top floor
I don't understand...
need a qrd do ya?
Miller also earned it for building out dozens of real post apocalypse cars and trucks. I'd say Fury Road was a better action movie overall, they are both so different they may as well be different genres, Dredd was also great but very different from both due to the futuristic sci-fi setting.
three good choices. the raid: redemption was also up there for me, pure action from the word go
Mission Impossible Fallout is in the conversation
I’d argue Edge of Tomorrow as well.
The first three were shit (maybe the first was decent). The second three were pure kino. The last one was a mix of shit and kino.
The second and third films are definitely the weakest
4, like Resident Evil, is when they hit their stride
first one was a good spy thriller, second was what youd expect if you give a hong kong director a budget for a Hollywood movie, he just makes a hong kong movie with good special effects but the usual cheesy story with only a handful of characters with nonsensical motivation. Third one was a sign of whats to come but still lacking in some regards. Fourth is where the series REALLY found its footing.
haha nice try
but nothing topped this
just started this after never hearing about it. great intro, thanks anon
if you want lighter fun action, sure. But Sicario and Inception are both definitely in the convo and more serious.
Eh, the 3rd act fails it
the comically sleazy indian dude is fricking hilarious, he is the meme incarnate and naturally indians on youtube love his performance and think he is actually being smooth.
Without looking it up, give me a short summary of the story of Ghost Protocol.
I know the story to every other MI, but despite having seen it several times I just never remember this one.
Erm
I've seen it twice but still can't remember either
I know it involves misleading someone in a meeting in the Burj Khalifa and then scanning a document with an eye camera
Ethan and team infiltrate kremlin to get info on some bad guy but its a trap and they get blamed for destroying it which makes them rogue agents, they then play a game of cat and mouse trying to trick the bad guy but keep playing in his hands which ends with him ultimately firing a nuclear ballistic weapon at san francisco which Ethan manages to disarm via a laptop in the last second.
Its a reoccurring theme with these stories that they end up doing more harm by trying to find out about the enemies plan instead of just shooting him and be done with it.
Wo is the bad guy?
Why does he fire a nuke?
Ghost P has the weakest story of all MI and that's already a low bar.
he thinks a "controlled" nuclear war would be a good thing for the world.
fifth one is way more contrived, they always have this thing where the villain would basically have nothing if Ethan wouldnt play into his hands trying to get info. Its kinda funny how that one starts out with Alec Baldwin basically calling the IMF moronic for what they did in MI4 (giving a terrorist nuclear codes).
>fifth one is way more contrived
Eh, the story is simple.
Former MI6 (the british agency, not Fallout) agent turned terrorist wants the money of the secret MI6 anti-terror account.
Now the basic story template: Ethan is suspects of being a traitor so he streals the thing the bad guy wants to lure him out, arrest him and clear his name.
Bad guy is an anarcho primitivist or something, wants to nuke cities because it's good. He bombs the Kremlin and frames Ethan and co, then tried to trade stolen intel for more nukes. They need to stage two simultaneous meetings as both parties, the buyers and the sellers. It's pretty damn good.
>ive me a short summary of the story of Ghost Protocol
Ethan Hunt is accused/suspected of being a traitor/double agent, and must steal [THING] to prove his innocence.
Oh wait lmao that's literally every single MI story except MI2.
Exactly why 2 is the best one. This series is called MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and you'd expect outlandish plots and flair which only 2 delivered, the other missions are perfectly possible.
based MI2 chad
Thank you, MI2chads. I also adored Ethan Hunt's characterization in 2, how he was an absolutely idealized selfless hero and more playboyish, like James Bond. Back then, I was so excited about the future of the franchise and how Ethan would be the new millenium's James Bond and in the next one, he's married and crying over this random woman who was introduced out of nowhere.
I have never been that dissapointed at a movie in my life. It really soured me. I like the other movies just fine but I imagined the sequels to have no limits to their creativity and story and then the villain in 3 is some human trafficker and the whole thing is misery porn.
I watch MI2 every month or so, it's such a feel-good movie full of SOVL and sincerity. I wondered what other outlandish missions Ethan would go on but it never came to be. I don't mind anything after 3 and feel like Rogue Nation was the closest the franchise got to 2's absolutely delightful tone and style but I feel like them changing the entire tone from 2 was unwarranted since the movie made more than The Matrix. Let that sink in.
I kneel
MI2 was great, but I think Cruise ran into a problem. John Woo is what made MI2 great, and I doubt Woo would sign up for a franchise, and there were very few action directors with Woo's talent. Also I would guess that Cruise wanted more control over the movies, so he needed a director that he could control and who was on the same page. So I think that is why he started the more formulaic MI movies with MI3 onwards, so he could have a franchise with some continuity. I'm sure he wanted more MI2 level kino, but you can't easily repeat that level of craziness, so he opted for the steady franchise team approach so he could control his movies and his image better.
Fair point, how would you even top mi2 without going into space or something even more zany.
MI2 is clearly the best MI movie by a long shot. MI4 is very good too though.
Just here to call you based.
Not him, but thanks
What gets me is that every MI has Ethan Hunt being accused or framed of nefarious deeds, and not a single one of them uses the mask technology to impersonate Ethan, except MI2, where he isn't framed.
he cute
So sick
5 was better and Ilsa was a great waifu. In retrospect, the MI series is the only living successor of the original Bond movies.
Tom Cruise Will E. Coyote his way in that movie. Its a whole montage of him running.
Brad Bird is a fricking genius honestly
> Rogue Nation = Fallout
Great (fallout is slightly overrated)
> Ghost Protocol
Lesser Level of Great (it would be best of the series if the villain was better)
> MI3
Very Good (best villain)
> MI1
Good
> MI2
Decent (been possibly a decade since I watched it)
... (for comparison)
> Top Gun
Good
> TG - Maverick
Great to Strongly Great
> War of the Worlds
Decent
> The Firm
Good
> A Few Good Men
Good
> Oblivion
Very Good
> Lions for Lambs
Decent
> Valkyrie
Good
> The Last Samurai
Very Good to Great
>> Oblivion
>Very Good
that's how i know i can safely discard the rest of your post
There's something about post-MI3 I dislike. They feel sterile and soulless.
MI3 set up the whole franchise, though. The movies are watchable but they become slop while John Woo made the movies live up to their bombastic name and nature. How the rest of the series tries to make a concept as ridiculous as IMPOSSIBLE MISSION FORCE anything but fun and silly was painful to watch. Especially, MI3. Bourne destroyed action movies.
In the case you guys arent trolling id suggest watching MI2 again because its just plain boring for most of the time
These movies are terrible outside the tentpole stunt in each movie.
I thought it was a really good MI movie when it first came out but since the subsequent sequels have been released over the years it's honestly not as cool as I once thought it was. Tom Cruise has done more impressive stunt work and action sequences since then.
dredd is better so no