Mission Impossible delivered a new installment in the series. It boasted of the typical MI pedigree - a good looking, sharp star cast, a fast paced, high pitch storyline with gravity defying stunts and continued twists and turns in the plot. But as a sequel, it did not lift up the game, rather it came up as a rehash of the same.

The movie was definitely watchable, but not a stand out vs. the MI series. Its stunts, acting, editing were superb but just a copy from the past. The movie definitely took a beating in the storyline and in sketching out the characters, the plot. It descended too quickly into the usual shoot and run scenes. I blinked repeatedly to tell myself that this is Mission Impossible and not an import from Fast & Furious.

On the positive side though, Tom Cruise acted the part. He was sharp, fit and looked the role. There was some subtle humor and subdued glamour that was refreshing.

Overall it was a movie that comes and goes like the waves on a sea shore. There are little or no remnants that it left behind and soon it will be all but etched from memory.