After he's suspected of being the mole that led to the deaths (in a botched operation) of every member of his team besides himself and the leader, Jim Phelps.
The first in a series of films based on the eponymous spy thriller television series, 1996's Mission: Impossible stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an IMF (Impossible Missions Force) agent.
Right on time, a mysterious Syndicate member, Ilsa (Ferguson), helps him escape, after carefully taking off her towering heels. Out in the cold, Hunt is captured and badly tortured by the Syndicate’s men, led by the “bone doctor”, who totes impressive equipment in an officious suitcase, but never really gets to show his skills. CIA Director Hunley (Baldwin) proceeds to make it his agency’s mission, and not in a comfortable way, to track down Hunt, whom IMF boss Brandt (Renner) has refused to “bring in”. But when a film is trying so hard to give a context to its villain, it better not go around in circles - making it obvious someone didn’t have a clear idea where to call an end.Īs the film starts, Hunt himself is looking for meaning as the CIA has managed to get his outfit IMF (Impossible Mission Force) disbanded for not being accountable to anyone. And not that Hunt, after all we know about the man with the glasses, the masks and the upside-down hanging skills (all deployed here), needs to go from Point A to Point B in a Mission: Impossible. Europe, specifically London, plays a big role in the scheme of things here, though the British are not likely to be too happy with what they do to their prime minister.