I’m not a big fan of Tom Cruise, nor of his Mission: Impossible franchise. It took the fourth installment to change my mind.

The plot is simple enough: figure out who bombed the Kremlim and framed the Impossible Missions Force. Given the political sensitivity of the matter, the US disavows the IMP and initiates Ghost Protocol. With no help from the government, Hunt and his team are on their own in investigating and finding the bomber. The chase leads them from Moscow, to Dubai to India, in a stunning choreography of stunts and effects.