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Saturday, 29 October 2011

Examining the new Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol trailer

Rohan Morbey breaks down the new trailer for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol...


If you haven't already seen the latest trailer, shame on you. See it here...



An overview of M:I-GP (as I'm calling it) trailer 2 would be that it subscribes to a typical trailer format; it starts with some plot exposition and quickly hits the mark of fast edits covering the cast so we know all the faces involved, and treats us to some tantalising snippets of action with key lines of dialogue to add to the tension.

But let's go deeper than that and break it down. What do we actually see, hear, and learn about this new 'Mission'?

PLOT: Ethan Hunt and the IMF team are framed for a bombing at the Kremlin and they must work alone to clear their names and find the true culprits.

"The Russians are classifying this as undeclared act of war... The President has initiated Ghost Protocol."
'Ghost Protocol', we can now assume is a term for the shutting down of the IMF.

As for the rest of the storyline, it is all kept a mystery and that is a good thing. We don't want to be going into the IMAX knowing everything that's going to happen and why!

CHARACTERS: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise): Hunt is taking the lead as usual, with the rest of his IMF helping out. Most of the action centres on him. Long hair, although not as layered as it was in M:I-2. Yes, this is important.

Brandt (Jeremy Renner): We don't know Brandt's role yet although Hunt includes him when he says “We’re all that’s left of the IMF”. What we do know is the men will have conflict:
"Who are you really, Brandt?"
"We all have our secrets, don't we, Ethan?"
Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg): As in M:I:III, Benji appears to be the film's comic relief, although his inclusion in the trailer with dialogue suggests he'll have a much more significant role this time around.

Jane Carter (Paula Patton): Not much is known, except that she is a new character to the franchise and an IMF agent. A possible love interest for Hunt, as they are seen kissing at one point.

Trevor Hanaway (Josh Holloway): Nothing known about this character. Trailer suggests he is IMF. He appears to be filling the Jonathan Rhys Meyers role from M:I:III.

Various websites says Ving Rhames will be reprising his role as Luther Stickell form the three entries. Rhames is missing from both M:I-GP trailers, so we can only assume he has a small role in this latest outing.

Unlike the casting of Oscar winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman in M:I:III, we know nothing about the 'bad guys' at the moment. From the trailer it would appear actors Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux, and possibly Anil Kapoor are taking these roles.

ACTION: The M:I series is full of spectacular action set pieces, each a signature of that particular director's filmmaking style. From this trailer, Brad Bird seems to be packing in as much action as the other 3 films combined!

Kremlin Explosion: Hunt gets caught up in the blast. CG effects look great!


Attack on the Secretary's car: Love how Bird has slowed down the crash scene here, without turning it in to something Guy Ritchie would do.

Car crash in the desert: In the previous 3 films, each trailer has shown Hunt involved in near-death stunt. Helicopter crash in the first; riding through the flames on his bike in the second; and getting thrown into a car from a missile attack in the third. Here, we see a car flip and crash, narrowly missing Hunt. Again, the effects look great.


Fight in a parking lot?: Very quick editing here, but it appears Hunt is fighting in a car as it is dropping, and he then rolls out clutching a silver briefcase. It looks like the same cylindrical building shown near the trailer’s start.

Car chase in India: Again, not much is shown here, except Hunt and Carter driving at high speed in the brand new BMW i8. Car looks superb!

Brandt does a ‘Mission: Impossible’ of his own: One shot shows Brandt replicating the famous scene from De Palma’s film where Hunt breaks in to CIA headquarters. Again, we know nothing more than this.


Burj Khalifa break-in: This is what M:I-GP has become known for in its production so far. The trailer only shows us a few glimpses of what promises to be the tentpole sequence in the movie. In the teaser we saw Hunt in free fall towards and open window, but here we see him not only jump out of the world’s tallest building, but also run down it too. Shot in IMAX, this could be the best scene in the M:I franchise to date. And that really is Cruise on the side of the building, no CGI, no stunt man.


With this little insight, watch the trailer again and count the days until its release!

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol open in the UK on December 26 in cinemas and IMAX.

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We’ve Seen 20 Minutes of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol in IMAX, Want to Hear About It?


Movie News By Robert Fure on October 31, 2011




Sometimes writing about movies on the internet has some benefits. I mean, we get all the crappy straight to DVD movies you can think of and sometimes free popcorn. We make next to no money, but in return we get to see movies early and sometimes, just sometimes, we get to see bits of movies before they’re ready.

Such was the case recently when I, along with a few other journalists, got a chance to see about twenty minutes of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol projected in a true IMAX theater. If my description, reaction, and thoughts isn’t enough to get you wet with excitement, we’ve also got the new trailer for you, so come on in and read some more.

The footage we saw started in a normal aspect ratio while Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), Benji (Simon Pegg), Brandt (Jeremy Renner), and Jane (Paula Patton) discuss an elaborate plan to convince two different people that they’ve had a meeting together while neither of them actually meets the other. To do this, they’ll need to utilize the ubiquitous masks and modify the interior of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. During the drive, the aspect ratio slowly opens up to the IMAX ratio, revealing a wide, expansive view of the desert as the team arrives in Dubai.

Next, things don’t go as planned (obviously) once they’re within the building – Benji can’t hack into the security system as planned, so Ethan Hunt has to infiltrate the server room. One problem – you can’t just walk into it, so Hunt cuts out a window and utilizes some fancy new true-life inspired gecko gloves to climb up the side of the building. Here, the IMAX really blows you away as the camera gives you a (literally) dizzying view straight down.

Again, things don’t go as planned, as one of the gloves malfunctions and Hunt once again has to show off his impressive climbing skills to get to the server room. You can probably guess that the trip down doesn’t go as planned either, which results in some of the well-known Mission Impossible building jumping and swinging.

Fast forward, or more accurately, just jump to some time later, and Hunt is now in pursuit of a mysterious man racing through the streets of Dubai in the middle of a sandstorm. The chase starts on foot with Hunt using some sort of tracking device that looks like a small tablet, but soon things go automotive as both chasee and chaser end up in vehicles, whipping through the blinding sandstorm before a well executed car crash brings the chase back to pedestrian style. Our mystery villain gives Hunt the slip by jumping onto a passing truck and dramatically rips off a synthetic face mask revealing him to be -!!! some old Russian looking dude. How he outran the young, athletic Hunt, I don’t know.

In conclusion, the footage looks pretty awesome and the IMAX sequence with the climbing of the Burj Khalifa is amazing and dizzying. It’s almost disconcerting to see. Check it out in IMAX if you can, because it’ll be worth it. Non-IMAX related, the movie looks fun, with lots of action and plenty of comedy between the team.

Sound good? Cool, check out the trailer below and see how good it might be.



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Vague Scene Descriptions From Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol


Ain't It Cool News has recently viewed a couple of scenes from Brad Bird's upcoming film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protcol, praising the footage shown for the way it was shot in IMAX. Check out descriptions of those scenes after the jump!
Last week, Paramount unveiled some footage from the upcoming sequel Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol at an IMAX theater in LA. An Ain't It Cool News writer was among those in attendance, and he stated that the scenes shown looked amazing in IMAX, saying one of the sequences felt like 'an instant classic'. He also praised the decision to let Brad Bird helm the film. One of the scenes that were shown was the complete shot of Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt dangling from the 130th floor of the Burj Khalifa. Check out AICN's descriptions of two scenes that were shown below...





Last week, Paramount held a special footage presentation at the Rave 18 IMAX theater in Los Angeles, where they unveiled almost the entire Burj sequence as well as a subsequent foot/car chase through a blinding sandstorm. I walked away very impressed. Finally, someone has given Brad Bird the opportunity to make a big, live-action spy movie, and he's responded with the kind of practical, stunt-heavy brio that got us hooked on the Bond franchise as kids. Working with legendary cinematographer Robert Elswit and the game-for-anything Cruise, Bird makes us feel like we're stuck out there on the tallest building in the world with Ethan Hunt. I don't know how this will play on a regular theater screen, but in IMAX, this sequence feels like an instant classic. Seriously, if you're afraid of heights, make sure one of your friends brought smelling salts. It's insane.

The second sequence finds Hunt chasing someone through a sandstorm that has suddenly engulfed Dubai. This gives Cruise the opportunity to run his ass off onscreen, and finally, drive like a maniac in zero visibility. The sequence climaxes with Cruise using GPS to locate his target, at which point he uses his car as a missile to take his adversary out. Unfortunately for Cruise, the bad guy survives the deadly-looking crash and gets away. And that's where the scene ended.


Sounds like the film will be one of those movies that will be quite an experience in IMAX theaters.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol hits IMAX theaters December 16th, and will arrive in regular theaters five days later.


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Lalalala... I'm not reading any thoughts/reviews till I watch the film. Second trailer is infinitely better from the first.