The fourth installment in this film franchise is a rarity in that it was actually released in Japan before The UK. It comes out in the The UK on Boxing Day but usually these films are released in Japan months after the rest of the western world. Of course I also wanted to see it as I’m a fan of the movies.

One local reviewer here reckons that the action isn’t quite up to that of the recent Bond and Bourne films and though I’m a huge fan of those movies I disagree with that train of thought as ‘Ghost Protocol‘ was full of action that made my palms very sweaty. It’s no secret that it was filmed in part in Dubai and the worlds tallest building features in an enthralling scene followed by one of the films more comical moments thanks to Simon Pegg’s portrayal of the bumbling English computer nerd who has a far more important role in this movie than one was expecting.

Other locations include Budapest, Mumbai and Russia where someone blows up the Kremlin and frames the IMF thereby activating the ‘Ghost Protocol’ and leaving it up to Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his three buddies to save the day without any support.

One of my main gripes with the previous trilogy of ‘Mission: Impossible‘ movies was the over-use and over-reliance on the use of latex face masks and I’m glad to report that this cop-out way of telling a story is kept to a minimum. Running in at over two hours I was gripped by this flick throughout which is a rarity for a guy like me who has poor concentration.

Tokyo Fox Rating 9/10

You can see the Mission Impossible filming locations here