For their 205th episode, two mask-pulling film critics, two special agent dads, and two stuntman teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, return for their second of four retrospective episodes discussing the Mission: Impossible franchise. Covering the next two, this episode breaks down the J.J. Abrams entry, Mission: Impossible III from 2006 and the Brad Bird live-action graduation of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol from 2011.
Read MoreThere are certain things Tom Cruise does absolutely right and playing Ethan Hunt is one of them. Like him or not as a person outside of the multiplex, Cruise remains the undisputed and penultimate action star in the world today, if not in all of the history of cinema. He pushes the envelope like no one else and, as a producer in this series, he puts his money where his safety harness is. What he dares to do on-screen pays off in superior results.
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