Good evening, Mr/Ms. Listener. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us for the espionage sequel that launched the live action career for an animation director.

After Tom Cruise’s deal on M:I 3 created issues for Paramount’s bottom line, Viacom head honcho Sumner Redstone nuked Cruise’s production deal with the studio and badmouthed him to the press. It seemed that the franchise was over until film piracy became such a major issue for the entertainment business that only one man could concoct an impossible mission to save it with a stunt so wild that audiences would have no choice but to buy a ticket.

The film? MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL. The director? Brad Bird. The spy tech? Malfunctioning. The banter? Perfection. Join Nick and Scott as they have the time of their lives revisiting this gourmet popcorn movie that does everything right.

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