Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Action | Spy

Action Movie Series

Cast:

Tom Cruise

Jeremy Renner

Simon Pegg

Paula Patton

Michael Nyqvist

Director:

Brad Bird

Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol is the latest (and 4th) offering of the popular action movie series Mission: Impossible. Starring Tom Cruise, who reprises his role as the main protagonist - Agent Ethan Hunt.

Summary:

 

In this 4th installment of the popular Mission: Impossible franchise, Ethan Hunt and his team is assigned to discover the secret Moscow Kremlin archives to gather vital information about a person code-named "Cobalt". Half-way thru their mission, the team is unprepared for the counter attack of a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has an access to Russian nuclear codes and is planning to strike United States.

When things turned horribly wrong and without any back-up, Ethan and his team are forced to continue the mission to find Hendricks and to stop him from starting a nuclear war.

With great movie reviews (93% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes, and 7.9/10 on IMDB), it's a sign that this is a must see action movie of the year.

Movie Trivia:

• Tom Cruise himself performed the sequence outside of the Burj Khalifa tower - without the use of a stunt double. The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is currenlty the tallest building in the world
• Kristin Kreuk was considered for the role of Jane Carter
• While Chris Pine and Tom Hardy were considered for the role of Brandt
• Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames are the only actors to be part in all Mission: Impossible movies

Source:IMDB

Bourne Action Movie series

Bourne Movie Series Information

Genre:
Action | Spy

Main Cast:
Matt Damon
Julia Stiles
Franka Potente

Director:
Doug Liman - Bourne Identity (2002)
Paul Greengrass - Bourne Supremacy (2004), Bourne Ultimatum (2007)


About the movie:

The Bourne trilogy is entirely about Bourne and how he deals with his memory loss and being hunted without knowing why.

One of the best action movie series, the Bourne trilogy is based on the #1 best selling novel by Robert Ludlum. The main character here is Jason Bourne, an amnesiac assassin who is being chased by his former employers.

Bourne movies have been an amazing and action-packed trilogy of thrillers featuring the same characters and plot. One of Matt Damon's best work of his career in this action movie.


Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy paced the action and drives the tension of the scenes. A non-stop action movie from beginning to end.


Movie Synopsis:

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Jason Bourne is found nearly dead and was rescued at the sea by an Italian fishing boat crew. Jason finds himself carrying a Swiss bank account but could no longer remember what happened to him.

He discovers useful information about him in a safe deposit box from Zurich.He realized that his name was Jason Bourne and he lives in Paris. He also found a hidden pile of his different passports, automatic weapon and a huge pile of cash.

It became a mystery for him that his life is in danger and unaware that he possesses extraordinary fighting abilities, linguistics and self-defense.

Then he meets Marie Kreutz in U.s. Embassy and offered her $10,000 for a ride to Paris. Marie takes the cash and went with Jason to find clues about his identity and past life and why his life is in danger, not knowing that it'll change her life forever.

Jason Bourne is clueless that he is in the middle of two assassination plots masterminded by the CIA.



The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Two years ago since Jason Bourne was saved, he then now moved in Goa, India with his girlfriend Marie Kreutz. Jason is still haunted by his past, having bad dreams and disturbing memories that he was once a killer but not certain if its the truth or just his imagination.

Jason and Marie tried to move from city to city to stay away from possible threats that may occur and to keep Marie out of danger.

His flashbacks are slowly helping him to remember his identity and the reasons why he is being chased by the authorities.



The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

After Marie's death, Jason Bourne decided to go back to where it all started.

He goes to Paris and still in the quest to unveil the secret of his identity. He then read an article that describes Jason Bourne as a CIA operative and it was written by a London-based journalist Simon Ross. The information from the journalist triggers a new set of memories for Jason Bourne, and he must discover his dark past while trying to get ahead of the cops, and federal agent from killing him.