Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

I really liked the idea of this: the Kremlin gets bombed and it looks like Americans are responsible (Tom Cruise's IMF team to be specific), so they're disavowed and have to work with what they've got to clear themselves.

There was quite a bit more humor in this one courtesy of both Simon Pegg, as a finally-field-qualified agent, and the iffy equipment that had a tendency to not work as intended.  There were also a few truly innovative action sequences: a climb up the Burj Khalifa, a chase in a sandstorm, and a brutal race in an automated parking garage.

Delivered exactly what I wanted and little bit more.

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