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, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

4 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Ethan Hunt
Paula Patton	...	Jane
Simon Pegg	...	Benji
Jeremy Renner	...	Brandt
Michael Nyqvist	...	Hendricks
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Sidorov
Samuli Edelmann	...	Wistrom
Ivan Shvedoff	...	Leonid Lisenker
Anil Kapoor	...	Brij Nath
Léa Seydoux	...	Sabine Moreau
Josh Holloway	...	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 | race against time | 

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Taglines:

No Plan. No Backup. No Choice.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

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 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Nemoguća misija: Protokol duh

Filming Locations:

Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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, TC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

133 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Cruise performed the sequence where Ethan Hunt scales the outside of the Burj Khalifa tower himself without the use of a stunt double. The Burj Khalifa tower is the tallest building in the world.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, the girl shoots the guy 5 times. Later, when they reshow the scene, she only shoots him 3 tines.

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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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Crazy Credits

Much like the first 'Mission: Impossible' movie, the opening credits to this film contain major plot points to the film.

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 16 September 2011 (2011)

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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.