Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - a Mission Impossible. This movie is actually pretty strange, not in its content.
I have watched many (many, many, many....) tv shows. More and more, these days, tv show seasons are created with an over-whelming plot/story with filler episodes.
When you make a 24 episode tv series, it is difficult to have every episode related directly to the over-arching danger. Often such tv series have filler episodes. These episodes not only create an insignificant danger (or temporally short danger), but they also allow the writers to explore fun ideas without rocking "the boat" ("the boat" being the over-arching plot). When done well, these filler episodes still offer quick moments of character development that are not necessary to the structure of the story.
This is what Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is all about. It is a 'filler' episode in the movie franchise. As far as the plot goes, the danger is straight foward. Get A done, which leads to B; get B done, but then there is C; so let's make sure C isn't an issue...etc. etc.
This movie, despite my reservations, turned out to be a roller-coaster ride of action. From the trailers I had seen, I assumed this film was very generic for Hollywood. Even the reviews I had heard about made this film sounded so obvious and pointless, that I didn't give thought to it. But the action really propels you along. In fact the biggest problem I had was that the actual plot/story is based on Mission Impossible 3, which is a torture-filled smorgasboard of personal ridiculousness. Every second that they spend on this plot is not only boring, not only a waste of time, but also irrelevant in terms of the progression of this movie.
If you like action, this movie is for you.....just don't expect eny significant plot/story...
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