Mission: Impossible (film series)

Mission Impossible is a series of action spy thriller films based on the television series of the same name, produced by and starring Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt.

Ethan Hunt is framed for the murder of his fellow IMF agents during a Prague Embassy mission gone wrong and wrongly accused of selling government secrets to a mysterious international criminal known only as Max. The action spy film was directed by Brian De Palma, and was produced by and starred Tom Cruise. Work on the script had begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in. Mission Impossible went into preproduction without a shooting script. De Palma came up with some action sequences, but Koepp and Towne were dissatisfied with the story that led up to those events. U2 band members Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton produced an electronic dance version of the original theme song. The song went into top ten of music charts around the world and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The film was the thirdhighestgrossing of the year and received positive reviews from film critics.Ethan Hunt sends Nyah NordoffHall undercover to stop an exIMF agents mad scheme to steal a deadly virus and sell the antidote to the highest bidder. The film was directed by John Woo and starred Tom Cruise, who also served as the films producer. Cruise reprises his role as agent Ethan Hunt of the IMF, a topsecret espionage and clandestine operation agency. The movie has strong thematic similarities with Alfred Hitchcocks 1946 spy thriller Notorious. ........

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