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| Directed by | Mission: Impossible: Brian De Palma II: John Woo III: J.J. Abrams Ghost Protocol: Brad Bird |
| Produced by | Mission: Impossible, II, III: Tom Cruise Paula Wagner Ghost Protocol: J.J. Abrams Bryan Burk Tom Cruise |
| Written by | III: Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & J.J. Abrams Ghost Protocol: Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec |
| Screenplay by | Mission: Impossible: David Koepp & Robert Towne II: Robert Towne |
| Story by | Mission: Impossible: David Koepp & Steven Zaillian II: Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga |
| Based on | Mission: Impossible by Bruce Geller |
| Starring | Tom Cruise |
| Music by | Mission: Impossible: Danny Elfman II: Hans Zimmer III, Ghost Protocol: Michael Giacchino |
| Box office | $1,706,327,235 |
The Mission: Impossible films are a series of action films based on the television series of the same name. The films feature Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an I.M.F agent.
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In this film, set in the year 1996, Ethan Hunt is framed for not only the murder of his fellow IMF agents during a Prague Embassy mission gone wrong, but is also wrongly accused of selling government secrets to a mysterious international criminal known only as "Max."
In this film, set in 2000, Ethan Hunt sends Nyah Nordoff-Hall undercover to stop an ex-IMF agent's mad scheme to steal a deadly virus and sell the antidote to the highest bidder.
In this film, set in 2006, Ethan Hunt, retired from being an IMF team leader and now engaged to be married, assembles a team to face a ruthless arms and information broker intending to sell a mysterious, dangerous object known as "The Rabbit's Foot."
In this film, set in 2011, Ethan Hunt, as well as the entire IMF are placed with the blame of the bombing of the Kremlin. He and three others must stop a man bent on a global nuclear war.
In a recent interview it was revealed that Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Brad Bird are all interested in returning for a fifth Mission: Impossible film. [1] Paramount is also reportedly interested in fast-tracking a fifth film due to the success of the fourth.[2]
| Character | Film | |||
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| Mission: Impossible | Mission: Impossible II | Mission: Impossible III | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | |
| Ethan Hunt | Tom Cruise | |||
| Luther Stickell | Ving Rhames | |||
| Benji Dunn | Simon Pegg | |||
| Julia Meade | Michelle Monaghan | |||
| Jim Phelps | Jon Voight | |||
| Claire Phelps | Emmanuelle Béart | |||
| Eugene Kittridge | Henry Czerny | |||
| Franz Krieger | Jean Reno | |||
| Sarah Davies | Kristin Scott Thomas | |||
| Max | Vanessa Redgrave | |||
| Hannah Williams | Ingeborga Dapkunaite | |||
| Jack Harmon | Emilio Estevez | |||
| Sean Ambrose | Dougray Scott | |||
| Nyah Nordoff-Hall | Thandie Newton | |||
| Hugh Stamp | Richard Roxburgh | |||
| Billy Baird | John Polson | |||
| John C. McCloy | Brendan Gleeson | |||
| Dr. Nekhorvich | Rade Šerbedžija | |||
| Swanbeck | Anthony Hopkins | |||
| Owen Davian | Phillip Seymour Hoffman | |||
| John Musgrave | Billy Crudup | |||
| Declan Gormley | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | |||
| Lindsey Farris | Keri Russell | |||
| Zhen Lei | Maggie Q | |||
| Theodore Brassel | Laurence Fishburne | |||
| William Brandt | Jeremy Renner | |||
| Trevor Hanaway | Josh Holloway | |||
| Jane Carter | Paula Patton | |||
| Kurt Hendricks | Michael Nyqvist | |||
| Brij Nath | Anil Kapoor | |||
| Role | Film | |||
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| Mission: Impossible | Mission: Impossible II | Mission: Impossible III | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | |
| Director | Brian De Palma | John Woo | J. J. Abrams | Brad Bird |
| Producers | Tom Cruise Paul Hitchcock Elias Badra Paula Wagner |
Tom Cruise Paula Wagner Michael Doven |
Tom Cruise Paula Wagner |
Tom Cruise J. J. Abrams Bryan Burk |
| Writers | David Koepp Robert Towne Steven Zaillian |
Robert Towne Ronald D. Moore Brannon Braga |
Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci J. J. Abrams |
André Nemec Josh Appelbaum |
| Music | Danny Elfman Lalo Schifrin |
Hans Zimmer Klaus Badelt Lalo Schifrin |
Michael Giacchino Lalo Schifrin |
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| Cinematographer | Stephen H. Burum | Jeffrey L. Kimball | Dan Mindel | Robert Elswit |
| Film | Release date | Box office revenue | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | |||
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| United States | Foreign | Worldwide | All time domestic | All time worldwide | ||||
| Mission: Impossible | May 22, 1996 | $180,981,856 | $276,714,503 | $457,696,359 | #121 #141(A) |
#87 | $80,000,000 | [3] |
| Mission: Impossible II | May 24, 2000 | $215,409,889 | $330,978,216 | $546,388,105 | #81 #149(A) |
#56 | $125,000,000 | [4] |
| Mission: Impossible III | May 5, 2006 | $134,029,801 | $263,820,211 | $397,850,012 | #241 | #115 | $150,000,000 | [5] |
| Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | December 16, 2011 (Limited) December 21, 2011 |
$141,214,000 | $221,314,000 | $362,528,000 | N/A | N/A | $145,000,000 | [6] |
| Total | $644,010,546 | $1,062,316,689 | $1,706,327,235 | N/A | N/A | $500,000,000 | N/A | |
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| Title | Rotten Tomatoes | Rotten Tomatoes Cream of the Crop | Metacritic | Yahoo! Movies |
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| Mission: Impossible | 60% (47 reviews)[7] | 75% (18 reviews)[8] | 60 (17 reviews)[9] | B- (7 reviews)[10] |
| Mission: Impossible II | 57% (141 reviews)[11] | 63% (30 reviews)[12] | 60 (33 reviews)[13] | N/A |
| Mission: Impossible III | 70% (218 reviews)[14] | 63% (43 reviews)[15] | 66 (38 reviews)[16] | B (16 reviews)[17] |
| Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | 93% (181 reviews)[18] | 97% (34 reviews)[19] | 74 (36 reviews)[20] | N/A |
| Average | 70% | 75% | 65 | N/A |
Some fans of the TV series were upset that Jim Phelps, team leader in the series, became a traitor in the first movie, selling the details of government agents to an arms dealer. Actor Greg Morris, who portrayed Barney Collier in the original television series, was so disgusted with the first film's treatment of the Phelps character that he walked out of the theater before the film ended.[21] Martin Landau, who portrayed Rollin Hand in the original series, was equally negative concerning the films. In an MTV interview in October 2009, Landau stated: "When they were working on an early incarnation of the first one – not the script they ultimately did – they wanted the entire team to be destroyed, done away with one at a time, and I was against that," he said. "It was basically an action-adventure movie and not 'Mission.' 'Mission' was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting out without anyone ever knowing we were there. So the whole texture changed. Why volunteer to essentially have our characters commit suicide? I passed on it. The script wasn't that good either."[22] It should be noted that the films are not considered part of the same continuity as the TV series but are rather "reimaginings" of the concept with Phelps, to date, the only character from the TV series to be portrayed in any of the films.
The television version is in a rarely used 5/4 (5 beats to a measure) time and is difficult to dance to, as was proven by a memorable segment of American Bandstand in which teenage dancers were caught off-guard by Dick Clark's playing of the Lalo Schifrin single release.[23]
The opening theme music for the first three films are stylized renditions of Lalo Schifrin's original iconic theme, preserving the 5/4 rhythm, by Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, and Michael Giacchino respectively by the films' chronology. Most of the versions included in the score also retained the 5/4 time signature.[23]
However, for Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.'s remix featured on the first film's motion picture soundtrack, the time signature was changed to standard pop 4/4 (4 beats to a measure) time to make it more dance-friendly, although the intro is still in 5/4 time. Also, the Limp Bizkit song Take a Look Around from the soundtrack to the second film was set to a similar 4/4 modification of the theme, with an interlude in 5/4.[23]
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