Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno
A former Russian spy selling international intelligence on the black market... a list containing names of the top undercover agents in the world... a corrupt agent doubling for an unknown organization...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 17, 1998
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Stats: 23,249 reviews
Flixster Reviews (23,249)
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September 21, 2009Cruise announces a remake of a much loved TV series then promptly kills off all the original characters in an ego fuelled Stalinesque purge. What a wanker!
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July 18, 2009A good start for the trilogy, the cast is impressive and the look is super cool, just one problem, the plot is rather hard to follow, you end up just seeing it for the set pieces. There are of course some very tasty action sequences, the chopper in the tunnel, Cruise on ropes hac...( read more)
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October 12, 2008"Expect the Impossible"
After he is framed for the death of several colleagues and falsely branded a traitor, a secret agent embarks on a daring scheme to clear his name in this spy adventure. Though it drew its name from the familiar television series, director Brian DeP...( read more) -
July 3, 2008This is trying way too hard to be more clever from what it can really be.
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June 23, 2008The first and the best of the trilogy. DePalma put all his craft to create an exciting thriller in the same style of his (and mine as well) worshipped Alfred Hitchcock.
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November 21, 2009Before going bat crazy over Katie Holmes and professing his love for Satan, Tommy boy used to make good movies, like this one. How many times has the high-wire act in the secret vault been parodied and copied? 2 million times?
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November 17, 2009This movie is unfairly bashed for its plot. Or because Tom Cruise is in it. But this movie is still fairly iconic for action movies. The break-in scene has been imitated in myriad ways and the water explosion in Prague was a legit lasting image. Even the climax is very interestin...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It's the worst kind of convoluted thriller -- it can never unravel satisfactorily because there's nothing simple at its center, just more confusion. full review
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November 10, 2006A spy flick worthy of challenging the 007 series. While without the charms of the 007 movies, its still a feat of movie creativity and brain busting action, most notably the train scene.
Justins Best Bit: Just try not to crack a sweat when watching the vault scene.
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