Time to go back to where it all began... in film form because it's based on a 60's tv show... it's Mission Impossible (1996). We talk about how Tom Cruise looks like a baby here, the excitement of action set pieces with no gun fights, the film's reception then vs now, and how it's time to let directors have fun with Mission Impossible again.

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