Impossible Rankings - Ranking the Mission: Impossible Film Series

Its something that seems to slip my mind until the next comes out and was really cemented with Ghost Protocol, but I really think this is one of my all time favorite film franchises.  Minus one entry, every film here is terrific high end entertainment.  Why it slips my mind is that we've only had 5 films in 19 years from it and its never been rebooted.  Plus, each film is so different from one another that its almost like its not a series.  I was a bit of a fan of the reruns, but wouldn't go as far to call myself a "hardcore" Mission: Impossible TV fan.

One that was weird for a film series I'm a big fan of, the rankings for this was one of the easiest tasks I've done.  My picks came right to me and are pretty much definite.  This franchise is full of stunts, suspense, Tom Cruise and tons of fun.  Here is my ranking of the series, from end of fuse all the way to the stick of dynamite.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin

Rated; PG-13

You have your seatbelt on?

              ~Ethan Hunt

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011

Director: Brad Bird

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Lea Seydoux, Josh Holloway, Ving Rhames

Rated: PG-13

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

        ~Ethan Hunt

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Mission: Impossible III aka M:i:III

2006

Director: JJ Abrams

Starring: Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Simon Pegg, Maggie Q, Billy Crudup, Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne, 

Rated: PG-13

That look in your eyes is pain in my ass, you know that, right?

                 ~Luther Stickell

Mission: Impossible II (2000) - with Commentary!

Mission: Impossible II aka M:I-2

2000

Director: John Woo

Starring:  Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Anthony Hopkins

Rated; PG-13

You know, that was the hardest part about having to portray you, grinning like an idiot every fifteen minutes.

                                  ~Sean Ambrose

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Mission: Impossible

1996

Director: Brian De Palma

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emilio Estevez, Henry Czerny, Vanessa Redgrave

Rated; PG-13

RED LIGHT! GREEN LIGHT!

~Ethan Hunt

I'll Be Back - Talking TERMINATOR: GENISYS as Well As Commentaries On Out Now With Aaron & Abe

Hey everyone!  How have you been?  Is your summer going good?  I know I've been away, but I've had quite an eventful and very busy few months and Naptown Nerd had to be placed on the back burner for a bit.  I would've like to have done some retrospectives for all these franchise films coming out this summer (Poltergeist, Insidious, Jurassic Park) but when the time is needed by either work or family, those come first no question.