Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

PG-13

Released Dec 21, 2011

2h 13m

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Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go "off the grid" -- left without resources or backup -- Hunt must somehow clear the agency's name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives are suspect.

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Critics Consensus

Stylish, fast-paced, and loaded with gripping set pieces, the fourth Mission: Impossible is big-budget popcorn entertainment that really works.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Although it lacks some of its original slickness and more surprising twists, Ghost Protocol really breathes new life into the franchise.

Rated: B-

Sep 8, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is, in a word, awesome. Better than that, it is the first film in Tom Cruise's TV-to-feature series that I have enjoyed start to finish, beginning to end and for every single moment of its two hour-plus running time.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 27, 2012

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David Denby

The New Yorker

"Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol" is sheer hurtling mechanism-and it's great silly fun.

Dec 30, 2011

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

For as much as Bond can shoot the pants off a secretary and Bourne can beat the snot out of someone with a rolled-up magazine, Ethan Hunt takes it all to a far bigger level.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 20, 2025

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” felt like a real spy thriller that happens to be the latest Cruise movie, not the latest Cruise action film pretending to be a spy thriller.

May 19, 2025

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

One of the most satisfying blockbusters in recent memory

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 6, 2023

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Jackson W

This is where the movies took a turn for the better. Love this movie and all of it's riveting scenes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/11/25

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Flynn S

The best in the franchise, and an amazing movie.I love the action, the stunts, the story and so much more I definitely recommend it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/25

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Edward W

Severely underrated entry. Set and action pieces are great, an epic comeback to M:I and Cruise.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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tiago m

É um filme muito bom, com cenas de ações muito boas, uma história interessante, um conflito interessante, bons personagens. Entretanto ainda tiveram alguns deslizes, mas o saldo é positivo.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/27/25

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Amirtaha N

Visually boring and the episodic nature of the movies feels perhaps the most evident here, but it's still a damn good time. The Burj Khalifa sequence is still one of the very best of the franchise. The change of pace for the franchise begins here and it's very much a welcome one, but it's a bit more forgettable and rougher than I remembered it to be

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/25

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Andrew B

Not as good as some of the other mission, impossible movies, but still pretty good

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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Synopsis

Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go "off the grid" -- left without resources or backup -- Hunt must somehow clear the agency's name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives are suspect.

Director: Brad Bird
Producer: Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Screenwriter: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: TC Productions, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Bad Robot
Rating: PG-13 (Seq of Intense Action Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 31, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $209.4M
Runtime: 2h 13m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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