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"MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL"
(2011) (Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner) (PG-13)


At-A-Glace Content Summary

Alcohol/Drugs Mild
Blood/Gross Stuff Moderate
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Extreme
Gun/Weapons Extreme
Imitative Behavior Extreme
Jump Scenes Heavy
Music (Scary/Tense) Extreme
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Mild
Sex/Nudity Moderate
Smoking Mild
Tense Family Scenes Moderate
Topics to Talk About Moderate
Violence Extreme


QUICK TAKE:
Action: After being set up as responsible for a bombing of the Kremlin and thus having their existence disavowed by their own country, top secret agents try to find and stop a madman before he starts a nuclear war.
PLOT:
Following the murder of one of her team members at the hands of contract killer Sabine Moreau (LEA SEYDOUX) in Budapest while trying to find a criminal known as Cobalt, IMF agent Jane Carter (PAULA PATTON) and newly promoted field agent Benji Dunn (SIMON PEGG) are assigned to head to Moscow and free fellow IMF agent Ethan Hunt (TOM CRUISE) from prison.

They succeed, and their next immediate assignment to infiltrate the Kremlin goes terribly wrong when they realize they've been set up and much of the Kremlin is destroyed by a massive explosion set by Kurt Hendricks (MICHAEL NYQVIST), a.k.a. Cobalt.

After escaping from Russian intelligence agent Anatoly Sidorov (VLADIMIR MASHKOV), Ethan learns from the IMF secretary (TOM WILKINSON) and his chief analyst, William Brandt (JEREMY RENNER), that the Russians are blaming the U.S. for the attack. As a result, the U.S. President has enacted "ghost protocol" that disavows the existence of the IMF and any further government support.

Learning that Hendricks has nuclear launch codes and is desirous of starting a nuclear war, Ethan, Brandt, Jane and Benji join forces in hopes of finding and stopping him before it's too late.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
If they're fans of any of the previous "MI" movies, someone in the film, or action movies in general, they might be interested.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For sequences of intense action and violence.
CAST AS ROLE MODELS:
  • TOM CRUISE plays an IMF agent who's sprung from a Russian prison only to find his...

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