Mission: Impossible

:This article is about the American TV series which aired from 1966 to 1973. For information on the more recent movies of the same name, see . For the games based on the franchise, see .

The movies

So far, the television series has also spawned three films, starring and produced by Tom Cruise:

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• ' (Brian De Palma, 1996)
• ' (John Woo, 2000)
• ' (J. J. Abrams, 2006)

Though these films were very profitable, many fans felt they ignored the elaborate plotting that was a significant feature of the TV series, and that they focused too much on star Tom Cruise rather than on the team aspect of the series. However, the first movie was far closer to the spirit of the original series than the second one. Reversing the idea of the series, the movies' villains tended to know the whole plan, rather than the IMF. Fans were also upset that one of the main characters from the TV series was exposed as a traitor in the first movie. (As a result, several actors from the original TV series declined invitations to make cameo appearances in the films.) A third film is in pre-production and scheduled for a 2006 release.

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