Jan 17, 2012 02:33 PM
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(Updated Jan 18, 2012 07:40 AM)
From Budapest to Bombay(Mumbai) this MI movie takes on a roller-coaster of excitement and fun. It is rare for a sequel to do better than the original. Tom Cruise has done it, and how!
At the beginning is a chase and action sequence which ends with the killing of an IMF agent, a friend of Ethan Hunt(Tom Cruise) and stealing of Russian nuke missiles codes. Then comes the crowded and well-planned prison escape of Hunt after which he takes charge of things. But things go wrong, enemies are a step ahead, and Ethan Hunt and his team gets blamed for the bombing of Kremlin.
The team works to stop a mad scientist(Michael Nyqvist) from launching Russian missiles against the United States. This Swedish born Russian scientist has a perverted idea that only the strong should survive in the world. But the team is outsmarted and the IMF Secretary(Tom Wilkinson) tells Ethan that the American President has declared “ghost protocol, ” cutting off all support to the team. The team works on its own, charting enemy moves, doing breath-taking stunts, using limb and iron and software and brainwaves to encounter obstacles and are ultimately able to disarm a fired nuclear missile and thereby, re-establish their credibility. The world is saved from a nuclear war and the crazy dreams of a maniac scientist.
Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt, the team's quick thinking and cool minded leader. He is still handsome and fit. Paula Patton is Jane Carter, a team member, has a certain charm but no romance between her and Cruise. She manages to look seductive in the scene with Anil Kapoor. Simon Pegg is Benji Dunn, a computer master and part of Hunt's team. He provides much of the humor in the movie. Jeremy Renner is William Brandt, IMF Secretary's chief analyst and former IMF field agent. He is good in both action and with a laid-back wry kind of humor, like Tom Cruise.Michael Nyqvist is Kurt Hendricks, a the nuclear scientist and the villain of the piece. Vladimir Mashkov is Anatoly Sidorov, a Russian intelligence operative following Hunt and his team. He doesn’t come up as sinister and is befooled by Hunt at every step, producing some humor. It was good to see Anil Kapoor as Brij Nath, a rich Indian businessman, who is involved in some shady business. Anil Kapoor has done well in the small role given to him.
I can’t help comparing this movie to the recent Hindi movie'Players' which I watched a couple of days ago. Neither of the two movies is a realistic movie but in MI, the whole feel of the movie, the function of each ingredient is of another level. This is because this movie has a different texture.
The editing is excellent with the result that every shot is productive and creative. In terms of content per second(CPS)-which often becomes important in thrillers- and appeal per second(APS), MI-GP is far ahead of'Players'. Whether it is the camera shots, or humor, or action….everything fits well. The co-ordination and planning about each detail is excellent. No doubt it requires big money and cutting-edge technical support too. The movie is so fast and exciting that you can't help feeling thrilled by it even if you can predict the end. It is how spectacularly and tightly it is all done which is great about this movie.
The cinematography, whether it is fast action, high shots, close ups, camera movements….is great. The Spiderman-like stunt scenes at Dubai's Burj Khalifa building will leave you open-mouthed. The action in sandstorm scene is also very well done. The first shot of India shows a shot from the top of the Gateway of India from the Taj Hotel side with the sitar music in the background. The car racing and chase and traffic on Mumbai roads is well shot. It is good to see the climax in India.
The full enjoyment of this movie is certainly in a cinema hall.
