Posts tagged spy thriller
Ranking the Films of the Mission: Impossible Series
Ranking the Films of the Mission: Impossible Series

Anders ranks the films in the Mission: Impossible series and offers his thoughts on what each film brings to the series.

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FeaturesAnders BergstromMission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible — Fallout, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible II, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Brian DePalma, John Woo, J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, spy thriller, action, stuntsComment
James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Uneven, but still one of the stronger Brosnan films.

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James Bond 007: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
James Bond 007: For Your Eyes Only (1981)

As restrained as Roger Moore Bond films get.

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James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)

The most average of the first five Bond films.

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James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)

Sharp and bare, structurally and psychologically.

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