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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
484K
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POPULARITY
459
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Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Brad Bird, Mike Dopud, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor, Vitaly Kravchenko, Pavel Kríz, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ivan Shvedoff, Mihály Szabados, Ilia Volok, Tom Wilkinson, Andreas Wisniewski, Miraj Grbic, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Caspe, Paul Lazenby, Stephen Lobo, Paula Patton, Roger Narayan, Léa Seydoux, Ali Olomi, and Jessica Belkin in 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.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
484K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
459
202
  • Director
    • Brad Bird
  • Writers
    • Bruce Geller(television series "Mission: Impossible")
    • Josh Appelbaum
    • André Nemec
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Jeremy Renner
    • Simon Pegg
Top credits
  • Director
    • Brad Bird
  • Writers
    • Bruce Geller(television series "Mission: Impossible")
    • Josh Appelbaum
    • André Nemec
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Jeremy Renner
    • Simon Pegg
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 634User reviews
    • 289Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 30 nominations

    Videos19

    No. 2
    Trailer 2:32
    No. 2
    Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:24
    Trailer #1
    Lucille Ball's Lasting Legacy & Her Biopic Details
    Clip 4:15
    Lucille Ball's Lasting Legacy & Her Biopic Details
    "Phonebooth"
    Clip 0:58
    "Phonebooth"
    "Sandstorm Chase"
    Clip 8:51
    "Sandstorm Chase"
    "Getting on the Train"
    Clip 1:06
    "Getting on the Train"
    "Open the Door"
    Clip 0:39
    "Open the Door"
    "From the Outside"
    Clip 1:01
    "From the Outside"
    "Girl Fight"
    Clip 0:39
    "Girl Fight"
    "I Catch You"
    Clip 1:03
    "I Catch You"
    "Fan Jump"
    Clip 0:34
    "Fan Jump"
    Josh Holloway
    Featurette 0:25
    Josh Holloway

    Photos292

    Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Josh Holloway in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Samuli Edelmann and Michael Nyqvist in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Tom Cruise and Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Paula Patton and Léa Seydoux in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
    Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

    Top cast

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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Ethan Hunt
    Jeremy Renner
    Jeremy Renner
    • Brandt
    Simon Pegg
    Simon Pegg
    • Benji
    Paula Patton
    Paula Patton
    • Jane
    Michael Nyqvist
    Michael Nyqvist
    • Hendricks
    Vladimir Mashkov
    Vladimir Mashkov
    • Sidorov
    Samuli Edelmann
    Samuli Edelmann
    • Wistrom
    Ivan Shvedoff
    Ivan Shvedoff
    • Leonid Lisenker
    Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor
    • Brij Nath
    Léa Seydoux
    Léa Seydoux
    • Sabine Moreau
    Josh Holloway
    Josh Holloway
    • Hanaway
    Pavel Kríz
    Pavel Kríz
    • Marek Stefanski
    Miraj Grbic
    Miraj Grbic
    • Bogdan
    Ilia Volok
    Ilia Volok
    • The Fog
    Goran Navojec
    • Burly Russian Prisoner
    Pavel Bezdek
    • Prison Guard
    Ladislav Beran
    Ladislav Beran
    • Control Room Guard
    Jan Filipenský
    • Control Room Guard
    • (as Jan Filipensky)
    • Director
      • Brad Bird
    • Writers
      • Bruce Geller(television series "Mission: Impossible")
      • Josh Appelbaum
      • André Nemec
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • 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 at 2,722 feet, or 829.8 meters. Cruise dangled outside the tower at approximately 1,700 feet, or 518 meters.
    • Goofs
      In the climax sequence, at the multilevel car park in India, all the cars are left-hand drive but in India cars are right-hand drive, like in Britain.
    • Quotes

      Benji Dunn: [explaining Ethan's gloves] Easy way to remember: blue is glue.

      Ethan Hunt: And when it's red?

      Benji Dunn: Dead.

    • Crazy credits
      Much like the first 'Mission: Impossible' movie, the opening credits to this film contain major plot points to the film.
    • Alternate versions
      American broadcast TV replaces Ethan's response to Brandt's "Your line's too short," ("No s***!") with an alternate take ("Yeah, I know!")
    • Connections
      Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 16 September 2011 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Ain't That a Kick in the Head
      Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)

      Performed by Dean Martin

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

      Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

    User reviews634

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    Top review
    8/10
    A Potpourri of Vestiges Review: The Action flick of the year, should you choose to watch it!
    The long wait is finally over as Tom Cruise finally returns to the celluloid to reprise his epic role of the enigmatic IMF agent Ethan Hunt. The brilliance of Mission: Impossible III was marred by the infamous sacking of Tom Cruise by Paramount's owner and movie mogul Sumner Redstone, who blamed Cruise's bizarre sofa-hopping TV antics, and intransigent support of Scientology for movie's relatively poor show at the box office that resulted in losses of up to £75million in revenue. The sordid incident ensured that the wait for the next installment of the franchise had to be a long one. The half a decade lull that ensued saw Cruise's career sunk to a new nadir with movies like Lions for Lambs (2007), Valkyrie (2008), and Knight and Day (2010) failing to impress at the box office, while his contemporaries and coevals continued to tumble records at the box office, attaining new heights of fame and stardom. It is indeed ironic that Cruise's most impressive show in this interim has been his well-disguised cameo in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder (2008) in which he plays a the foul-mouthed, hot-headed, half-bald studio executive. But, every coin has the other part that completes the picture. While the things have been going a bit rough on the professional front, Cruise's personal life has finally been witnessing a much needed sense of calmness and stability. Such stability on the personal front can often lift a person's morale providing him with a sense of rejuvenation that can help him fare well in all the facets of life. Tom Cruise's rejuvenated self is pretty much apparent in the latest installment of the MI franchise, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

    Ghost Protocol takes the viewer on a roller coaster of a ride from Moscow to Dubai, all the way to Mumbai, never allowing a breathing space, keeping him on the edge of the seat throughout. MI – GP is indeed the quintessential action extravaganza that the ardent lovers of the genre perpetually anticipate to devour upon in order to satiate their ever growing hunger for unremitting action and adventure. Ethan Hunt is back in all his glory with some newly added dimensions to his old daredevilry that had established him as the greatest contemporary to Ian Fleming's larger than life human incarnate. As seen with Bond in Casino Royale, the key men behind the MI franchise have made conscious efforts to make the caricature of Hunt more vulnerable to danger and crises, and hence more human. MI – GP delivers everything that an action-movie lover craves for: suspense, intrigue, passion, daredevilry, razzmatazz, and much more. The adrenaline filled action is well complemented by the dazzle of the geeky gadgets on display and it is this synergy that makes MI – GP an incredibly sublime experience. The tremendous reputation that the high octane franchise carries meant the newly appointed director Brad Bird—mostly renowned for his animation flicks The Incredibles and Ratatouille—had his work cut out for him. Brad Bird has indeed been up to the task and has lived well to the expectations of Cruise and the entire production team led by J.J. Adams, who directed the third movie of the series back in 2006. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is packed with a plethora of action sequences that includes a shootout in Budapest, an escape sequence from a Moscow Jail, a sandstorm chase in Dubai, and a classic brawl in an automated parking garage in Mumbai. However, the sequence that stands out is the one in which Tom Cruise climbs the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa by clinging to it from the outside using suction gloves, giving the Spiderman a run for his money.

    After the splendidly executed siege of the Vatican in the third installment, Ethan and his IMF team are on the lookout for some classified information pertaining to a Russian extremist Kurt Hendricks, which takes their quest to Kremlin. The covert mission goes awry as their plan is sabotaged by the personal intervention of Hendricks, which turns the tables on Cruise and his team rendering them sequestered and helpless. The questionable events that unfold at Kremlin, forces the US President to invoke the Ghost Protocol leading to the disavowal of IMF. Ethan and his team, which includes the computer geek Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), agents Jane Carter (Paula Patton) and William Brandt (Jeremy Renner), despite their severe handicap are the only hope left at preventing the diabolical duo of Hendricks and his stalwart Wistrom from fulfilling their demonic mission of global destruction through a nuclear war. Simon Pegg as Benji is spot on with his persiflage, and his nonchalance adds a much needed levity to the otherwise tense plot. Paula Patton as Jane Carter is a treat to the sore eyes: her imperial gait, upright posture, predatory agility, dusky complexion, steamy mystique, athletic built, curvaceous figure, and apparent haughtiness make her an object of envy for males and females alike. Her ethereal presence undoubtedly leaves a lasting impression on the viewer. The introduction of Jeremy Renner as William Brandt adds another layer of intrigue to the plot of MI – GP. Brandt's enigmatic part allows Renner to depict a wide array of emotions that his previous roles couldn't offer. The over-hyped inclusion of veteran Indian actor Anil Kapoor in the MI – GP cast is undoubtedly movie's greatest disappointment, especially from the perspective of Indian cineastes, as the actor fails to make an impression during his ephemeral performance.

    Overall, MI – GP has managed to raise the bar for the Action genre. Indian movie-makers, who have recently started to delve into the genre, can look to take a note or two out of MI – GP in order to iron out the usual glitches. Despite the occasional lack of coherence in the plot, MI – GP works quite well at almost all the levels and promises to be a great entertainment. 8/10

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Paramount (France)
      • Paramount (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • French
      • Arabic
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Aries
    • Filming locations
      • Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Skydance Media
      • TC Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $145,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $209,397,903
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,785,204
      • Dec 18, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $694,713,380
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 12 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • Datasat
      • IMAX 6-Track
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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