Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Director:

Brad Bird

Writers:

Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec,

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg

3 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Ethan Hunt
Paula Patton	...	Jane Carter
Simon Pegg	...	Benji Dunn
Jeremy Renner	...	William Brandt
Michael Nyqvist	...	Kurt Hendricks
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Anatoly Sidorov
Samuli Edelmann	...	Wistrom
Ivan Shvedoff	...	Leonid Lisenker
Anil Kapoor	...	Brij Nath
Léa Seydoux	...	Sabine Moreau
Josh Holloway	...	Trevor Hanaway
Pavel Kríz	...	Marek Stefanski
Miraj Grbic	...	Bogdan
Ilia Volok	...	The Fog
Goran Navojec	...	Burly Russian Prisoner

Storyline

In the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt and a new team race against time to track down Hendricks, a dangerous terrorist who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt by the team to stop him at the Kremlin ends in a disaster, with an explosion causing severe damage to the Kremlin and the IMF being implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disavowed, and will be offered no help or backup in any form. Undaunted, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks to Dubai, and from there to Mumbai, but several spectacular action sequences later, they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

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Plot Keywords:

kremlin | terrorist | dubai | mission | prison | 

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Taglines:

No Plan. No Backup. No Choice.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Paramount [France] Paramount [United States]

Country:

USA United Arab Emirates Czech Republic

Language:

English Russian French Arabic Swedish

Release Date:

21 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience

Filming Locations:

Praha hlavni nadrazi, Wilsonova, Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$145,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,785,204 (USA) (16 December 2011)

Gross:

$209,364,921 (USA) (6 April 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot

Technical Specs

Runtime:

133 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jacinda Barrett auditioned for a role and even revealed some information about the project's reboot direction.

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Goofs

The reflection of the crew helicopter is visible for a second in the windows as it flies over the Burj Khalifa building.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Russian Prisoner: [in Russian, to Burly Russian Prisoner] Hey, how did you open your cell door?

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Connections

Follows Mission: Impossible (1988)

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Soundtracks

"The Plot"
Written by Lalo Schifrin

User Reviews

Excellent: The MI Series Still Going Strong

This was a fun movie to watch; much better than I anticipated. Usually sequels have totally run their course by the fourth time, but not so here. In fact, this might even be the best of the Mission Impossible films.

It has a good mixture of interesting action scenes, suspense, drama, humor, great scenery of Venice, Italy, and fine acting. Nothing is overdone to the point of being too much and, as most MI films go, it has the normal espionage-type intrigue to figure out.

It's just plain entertaining. Kudos to all: the director, the actors and the special-effects and cameraman. A superb job done all around.