The 'Mission: Impossible' series reconfirms its status as one of the all-time great action franchises with one jaw-dropping thrill sequence after another.
Swedish pop songsmiths Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA put another nickel in and give their greatest hits an exuberant re-spin, and the happy consequence is the summer screen’s number-one guilty pleasure.
Any hopes that genius Genndy Tartakovsky, finally writing as well as directing, would imbue this animated sequel with his trademark blend of subversive wit and loving homage are quickly dashed on the rocks of ordinariness.