Drawma Kingg confession: before this review, I had never seen a James Bond, Mission Impossible, or Jason Bourne movie. Maybe it should stay that way with the Bourne series, but I’ll review a Bond film eventually. Today, we discuss 1996’s Mission Impossible where that Com Truise guy wears a bunch of funny looking disguises to outwit his opponents. During the viewing experience, I began to ponder – is this film just an inferior version of The Master Of Disguise?
Now I know The Master Of Disguise came out six years after Mission Impossible, so I’m not suggesting the 1996 blockbuster ripped off a previously existing film. What I am asking is – if you haven’t seen either movie and you’re holding the new 4K VHS tapes in your hand side-by-side, which one should you watch for a superior experience? SPOILER: none of Com Truise’s disguises are turtles or even human-turtle hybrids.
Do you enjoy movies with bad writing? I genuinely thought this popcorn flick would have to be fairly good since it spawned so many sequels. The writing was terrible, convoluted, dull, boring, and unengaging. No, not The Master Of Disguise. I’m still talking about Mission Impossible. I will admit that there was one single moment of brilliant dialogue that far exceeded anything I could have ever written myself. Two characters are having a serious conversation:
“What are we downloading?”
“Information.”
Is It Just An Inferior Version Of The Master Of Disguise?: Yes, and the ratio of honest opinion to me telling a joke here is more complicated than you might expect.
Final Thoughts: 2/10 Crowns. Aside from the bad writing, Mission Impossible was also not a good action movie. Sadly, it was just not exciting at all. The Master Of Disguise really isn’t a great movie itself, just by comparison. I mean, it’s a cinematic adventure where Jennifer Esposito steals your heart, and Dana Carvey uses a telepod or something to splice his DNA with a turtle!
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