MI: GP, the 4th instalment in the MI series is absolutely fantastic
as far as picturization, choreography of the stunt sequences, bigger
settings, Meaner Chase sequences and also provide a humour backdrop in
the tense situations which we haven't really seen before in the
franchise. But may be the brand MI is its own enemy, When you walk into
the theater having seen the earlier 3 installments, you kinda already
expect all that and unless something extra ordinary happens, you 'like'
the movie not 'love' it. Its great as a stand alone movie but left me
wanting for something extra. I have already seen world at the brink of a
nuclear explosion which has to be stopped in the last 3 seconds, so i
was kinda disappointed there. Nothing new to offer though a couple of
sequences were very 'Oh My god-ish'. Must Watch nonetheless (Though that
seems like a no brainer especially when i'm writing the review almost 2
weeks later) if you haven't already.
Okay, I'm sure you
are confused with the title of the note, Right? It doesn't tell you
clearly whether its a good movie or just another installment in a super
successful spy-fi franchise and If you have been reading my reviews,
you would agree that this is definitely not how I describe movies.
There are movies which I like or there are movies that I hate. There
are not many movies that leave me confused. But this is definitely one
of them. Everything is great on paper as well as on the screen. There
are hardly any scenes which i did not like and every action sequence has
something new to offer but there is still something that was not there.
There is hardly anything which hasn't been seen already, the high rise
falls (though this time its from a 160 storey world's tallest building
Burj Khalifa), The Gadgets (though this time, they may be out of
warranty to provide some goofiness/forced oh my god moments), or the Car
chases (though this time, they are in a sandstorm). So there are
incremental changes here and there but overall it still remains the
usual adrenaline pumping spy-fi thriller as seen in the last 3
instalments.
The plot (if you care) is the same old
nuclear attack by a scientist who wants to put Russia and US at war
front, has a detonating device with him. Gets the codes to launch the
attach and has to be stopped at any cost to prevent the usual 'End of
the World' as we know it. Cliched? Absolutely. But the difference lies
in the execution of a cliched plot and in this case, though it
definitely has been done in the action sequences but the changes are
more incremental in nature rather than 'Reinventing the Wheel' stuff.
Everthing remains mostly the same as any other hollywood spy-fi but adds
a 10% to it. If you are a Bourne or a Bond fan, then what you should
look for is, just a couple of sequences which have a slight twist
compared to the usual. Two or Three Sequences at Max and to me the whole
chase through out the movie did not put anything new to the table.
So
in the end, I am left confused, whether i lovee the movie or I hate it
and this time around its neither. Its just another Adrenaline Pumping
(in a few sequences) Spy-Fi Installment of the MI franchise which though
travels the distance but doesn't take you anywhere long. A Definite
Watch but if you have seen it all, don't expect something which can
'wow' you.
Feel-O-Meter: 7/10