Mission: Impossible
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Paramount+Amazon Prime VideofuboTVParamount+Mission: Impossible (1996) Movie Themes Analyzed: The Crisis of Institutional Trust. “Mission: Impossible” is essentially a film about a man serving his nation.The film borrows its thematic backbone from the biblical parable: a test, a rupture, a series of trials that leave a man exposed before his god and his guilt. The betrayal is framed like a cosmic joke—an orchestrated act of humiliation. Ethan’s world crumbles not through violence, but through isolation.
Obviously, De Palma brought his signature style to the franchise, with an evident level of psychosexual tension and plenty of Dutch camera angles. Mission: Impossible, though a more commercial, crowd-pleasing film for De Palma, imbues so much of the same style that makes his prior films like Blow Out, Carrie or Body Double so distinct.
