Review: Brad Bird’s ‘Ghost Protocol’ is Best ‘Mission: Impossible’ Yet

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, the fourth film in the ongoing franchise, is, without a doubt, the best of the series. It’s more straightforward than Brian De Palma’s labyrinthine and overly-convoluted film from 1996. It’s more grand in scope and action than J.J. Abrams’ M:I III. The less said about John Woo’s action-heavy, plot-nonexistent M:I II the better. What first-time, live-action director Brad Bird and the writers have crafted is a film solid with story, heavy on character, and absolutely mind-blowing in terms of stylish action that leaves you breathless more than a few times. An eye-locking adventure that utilizes all the state-of-the-art gadgetry that made the TV series a classic, bringing new life to a film series that seemed to be inching along, and, for the first time since it began, the next installment is anticipated more than ever. This time around Ethan Hunt, played once again by Tom Cruise, and …