50 Greatest Action Movies Of All Time

17. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

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Paramount Pictures

Tom Cruise's insistence that each entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise have a different director to create a unique feel to each installment reaped its biggest dividends with the fourth installment, delivering pure popcorn entertainment of the highest order.

Brad Bird makes a seamless transition to live action with a fast-paced and fun espionage actioner, that overcomes the weakness of the plot thanks to a string of lean and mean set-pieces, a solid team dynamic and of course, Cruise's jaw-dropping and death-defying antics in, on and around the world's tallest building.

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