Monday, December 26, 2011

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Review









Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol


Release Date: 15th December 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Skydance Productions (presents)
Bad Robot Productions
TC Productions

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 133 minutes


Budget: $145,000,000

Box Office Gross: $694,713,380 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
After the IMF gets wrongly accused of bombing the Kremlin, the President invokes Ghost Protocol, thus shutting down the organisation. It results in Ethan Hunt and his new team going rogue to clear its name.


Cast
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt
Jeremy Renner - William Brandt
Simon Pegg - Benji Dunn
Paula Patton - Jane Carter
Michael Nyqvist - Kurt Hendricks
Vladimir Mashkov - Anatoly Sidorov
Samuli Edelmann - Wistrom
Ivan Shvedoff - Leonid Lisenker
Anil Kapoor - Brij Nath
Josh Holloway - Trevor Hanaway
Lea Seydoux - Sabine Moreau
Pavel Kriz - Marek Stefanski
Miraj Grbic - Bogdan
Illa Volok - The Fog
Tom Wilkinson - The IMF
Secretary (Uncredited)
Ving Rhames - Luther Strickell
(Cameo) (Uncredited)
Michelle Monaghan - Julia
Mead (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - Brad Bird
Based on the Television Series - Bruce Geller
Based on Characters - Steven Zaillian and David Koepp (Uncredited)
Writers/Co-Producers - Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec
Associate Producer - Ben Rosenblatt
Executive Producers - Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake
Producers - J.J. Abrams,
Bryan Burk and Tom Cruise
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Tommy Harper
Co-Producer/Visual Effects Producer -
Tom C. Peitzman
Casting Directors - April Webster
and Alyssa Weinberg
Production Designer - Jim Bissell
Illustrator: Prague - Tim Flattery
Supervising Art Director - Helen Jarvis
Supervising Art Director: Prague -
Christa Munro
Art Directors - Michael Diner and
Grant Van Der Slagt
Art Director: Prague - Martin Vackar
Art Director: Dubai - Michael Turner
Storyboard Artist/Additional Second Unit
Director - Jeffrey Lynch
Set Decorators - Rosemary Brandenberg
and Elizabeth Wilcox
Leadpersons: Prague - Jan Kodera,
and Clovis Chambaret
Property Masters - Kris Peck and
Dean Eillerston
Armourer - Harry Lu
Costume Designer - Michael Kaplan
Costume Supervisor - James W. Tyson
Riyaz Ali Merchant
Makeup Designer and Supervisor - Michele Burke
Makeup Effects Artists - David LeRoy
& Heather Anderson
Director of Photography - Robert Elswit
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Mitchell Amundsen
Director of Photography: India - Larry Blanford
Underwater Director of Photography:
Second Unit - Pete Romano
Aerial Director of Photography: Second Unit,
Dubai - Adam Dale
Camera Operator: Second Unit, Dubai -
Florian Emmerich
First Assistant Photographers - Barry Baz Idoine,
Taylor Matheson and Scott Hoffman
Aerial Coordinator: Second Unit, Dubai -
Marc Wolff
First Assistant Directors - Tommy Gormley
and Geoffrey Hansen
First Assistant Director: Second Unit/India -
Michael Salven 
First Assistant Director: Second Unit, Dubai -
Chris Castaldi
Second Assistant Directors - Misha Bukowski
and Brandon Lamboin
Location Manager - Ann Goobie
Second Unit Director - Dan Bradley
Stunt Coordinator - Gregg Smrz
Stunt Coordinator: Canada - Owen Walstrom
Stunt Coordinators: India - Markos Rounthwaite
and Sham Kausal
Fight Coordinator - Robert Alonzo
Stunt Rigger/Double - Randy Hall (Uncredited)
Picture Car Coordinators - Tim Woods
and Rick Rasmussen
Special Effects Supervisor - Michael Meinardus
Effects Supervisor: Canada - Cameron Waldbauer
Visual Effects Supervisor - John Knoll
Visual Effects Plate Supervisor: ILM - Russell Earl
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM Singapore - Mohen Leo
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -
Lindy DeQuattro
Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - Alex Jaeger
Digital Model Supervisor: ILM - Russell Paul
Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Todd Vaziri
Editor - Paul Hirsch
Associate Editor - Evan Schiff
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer -
Gary Rydstrom
Supervising Sound Editor - Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editors: Skywalker Sound -
Dustin Cawood, Teresa Eckton, Will Files
and Ken Fischer
Sound Mixer - Michael McGee
ADR Supervisor - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
ADR Editors: Skywalker Sound - Daniel Laurie
and Brad Semenoff
Dialogue/ADR Editors: Skywalker Sound -
Cheryl Nardi and Marshall Winn
Re-Recording Mixer - Andy Nelson
Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe and Lana Vance
Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella
Music - Michael Giacchino
Composer: Theme Music - Lalo Schifrin


Review
GHOST PROTOCOL has many exhilarating stunts and non-stop action, making this movie look fantastic. Animation veteran Brad Bird has directed this motion picture, making him the first from Pixar to direct a live-action feature. Tom Cruise did a marvellous job continuing his performance as Ethan Hunt. It makes him the best film actor since Arnold Schwarzenegger. I also forgot about Simon Pegg's comic relief as he got promoted from the third film, and you know what, Pegg is extremely good with humour.

GHOST PROTOCOL is a great spy movie, but I would go back to watch and review the other Mission: Impossible films and Tom Cruise favourites like Top Gun and Rain Man. Everyone who loved the TV series and previous Mission: Impossible movies may want to view the latest release.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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