Tom Cruise Movie:

		List Price: $29.99		Label: Paramount Salesrank: 34087 Released: June 3, 2008
		Our Price: $13.35
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Tom Cruise ignites the screen in this runaway smash hit that "holds you on the edge of your seat before blasting you out of it." (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times). Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt races like a burning fuse to stay one step ahead of his pursuers... and draw one step closer to discovering the shocking truth.

Description of Mission Impossible (Special Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]:
A flashy, splashy summer-movie blockbuster that's fun and exciting without being mindless? That's the impossible mission accomplished by director Brian De Palma, star-coproducer Tom Cruise, and the crack team of Mission: Impossible. Based on the '60s TV show and an almost impenetrably complex (but nonetheless thrilling) original story by David Koepp (Jurassic Park) and Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List), with a screenplay by Koepp and Robert Towne (Chinatown, Shampoo), Mission: Impossible begins with veteran agent Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his expert crew embarking on a mission that goes horribly, horribly wrong. But nothing is what it seems. The nail-biting set piece--always a signature of director De Palma (Carrie, The Untouchables)--in which Cruise is lowered from the ceiling to retrieve information from a computer in a high-security vault--is an instant classic. But perhaps even more impressive, at least in retrospect, is a flashback sequence in which two characters attempt to reconstruct a series of events from multiple points of view. It's pretty daring and sophisticated stuff for a big-budget spy movie, but brains were always what put the Mission: Impossible team ahead of the competition, anyway, no? --Jim Emerson

Mission Impossible (Special Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Brian DePalma?
2009-11-24 - For some reason, I was a bit surprised to find Mr. De Palma involved in recreating a television series for the screen. Then, again, why not? Many of us fondly remember Peter Graves receiving his assignment, which we know he will not refuse, though being offered that option. The team which then took over was pretty ingenious but had none of the technology which was to be invented by the mid-nineties. With the help of these devices available when the film was made, DePalma directed a tricky production in which the interrelationships among people are as important as those among hardware. The result is interesting. Jon Voight has the heft to play the senior team director while Tom Cruise seems a bit lightweight to be the team leader ( though he emotes adequately). Other members of the cast meet their specifications as good guys (of either sex) or villains sufficiently well to meet the limited demands put upon them.
All in all, a good theatrical conversion of a television show more limited in time to rehearse and time to fill with action. Motivated me to get the two sequels which I have not yet seen.

Even better on Blu-ray
2009-03-21 - I always liked the first theatrical installment of Mission: Impossible with Tom Cruise. However, now that I can view at home on my Blu-ray disc player and HDTV, it's even better!

I had previously purchased Mission: Impossible 3 (my favorite) on regular DVD. But after seeing what the first one looked liked, I started thinking "I need to get number 3 on Blu-ray, too!"

The picture is astounding, along with the sound. The detail crisp and clear. You won't be disappointed.

Confusing, But Always Fun To Watch
2009-03-19 - Despite the fact I got "lost" several times on the first two viewings, the film was so intriguining I had to keep viewing. It was fun to watch, regardless. After three viewings I finally figured it out! The point is: if you get a little confused trying to follow the plot, don't feel stupid. This isn't an easy story to follow but it gets high marks for keeping it interesting despite that problem.

The interesting characters, good cinematography, fun James Bond-like gadgets, just the right amount of action scenes and one very memorable heist scene with Tom Cruise dangling from a wire all make this an enjoyable two hours of entertainment. That scene with Cruise trying to break into this vault-like room remains as the one of the better tension-filled scenes I've ever witnessed on the big screen.

The final action scene with the speeding train and helicopter also is very memorable. John Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny and Jean Reno make it a fun cast to watch, too.

Now that it is available on a good Blu-Ray transfer, I may just buy this again and keep watching it for many more yeas.

BLUE RAY BETTER VERSION THAN ANY OTHER VERSION
2009-02-10 - Finally the version we have been waiting for. All the DVD versions were really poor transfers. There is much to be said about the screwy screen version of super TV series.
However my focus is mainly on the quality of the Blu Ray transfer which is quite good. The picture is crisp and sound is excellent . Some cool special features, wish they had the music video for the film. Overall a good buy if you want to see how Blu Ray works on old movies.

the First Mission to get crazy!!
2009-02-07 - A great vision of the old versions, comes with a tom cruise, that hardly move the face but the act is very good.