NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE - Mission Impossible

To do the impossible mission, you’ll need an impossible team with impossible characters. Mission Impossible is very “classic” to me as I used to watch its TV version when I was little. The most familiar scene in my memory is the one-sided-conversation between a tape and a person named Jim. It always goes like this, “Good morning Jim… bla bla blaa… as always, should you or any other IM Force is caught or killed, we will disavow all of your actions. This tape will self destruct in five seconds. Good luck Jim.” Then Poof… smoke comes out from the burned tape, followed by that one and only “Mission Impossible soundtrack”.

Every Mission Impossible movies always come with unique scenarios and dangerous-thrilling-impossible missions. This big screen series is no exception either – this time it’s directed by Brian De Palma. Unlike James Bond who always work alone, these people always work as a team – as you know, working as a team has its own art and rules. This movie surely tells us to work smart – not hard.

Although Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) played an important role in the organization, the movie focuses its attention on a character named Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as one of the IMF member. Hunt always play as a lead point in the missions – meaning he’ll be the one who face the most dangerous situations due to his excellent trainings and skills.

Trust, cooperation, and reliability are the number one traits that everyone should have in teamwork – but how about if there was no longer trust between the members? This is what happened in Mission Impossible 1, where the mission went sour and everyone had lost trust to each other.

Ethan Hunt was accused for the failure of the very important mission. Racing against time and his enemies, Hunt must find the real bastard without the help from his own organization. Few remaining IMF members still survive although in “disavowed” status, but could Hunt trust them? – And who to trust when everyone’s life was at stake?

Hunt tried to prove that although teamwork was very important, he was no less cunning and dangerous when working solo. It is Mission Impossible… But I believe nothing is impossible…

See also Mission Impossible 2 and Mission Impossible 3...

Ivan the Freelancer