Aaron's Thoughts
The highs are really high. Like how remarkably upsetting Phillip Seymour Hoffman is as the villain (He essentially makes this movie for me). Plus all of the Ethan & Julia’s relationship stuff really works for me. It’s not perfect, but it’s the first time you see Ethan’s humanity & sets up the future films in the franchise nicely.
The lows however are pretty low. Like how confounding the editing is throughout. There are multiple times where you have no idea what’s going on because of how disjointed the cutting is. Plus the whole thing looks like a generic TV movie. Oh & not to mention how frustrating it is that we literally never learn what the rabbits foot is. It’s a symbol of a major problem throughout the screenplay - there are far too many characters/moments that serve no purpose other than simply moving the story forward.
Still better than a lot of other action movies, but not Mission Impossible movies
