The new movie, which is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, runs for two hours and forty-three minutes, and its full title is “Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part One,” which takes about half an hour to say. We brace ourselves, and adopt the Mission position. Now, as the seventh chapter of the saga begins, we hear no melody at all: nothing but the rhythm, thudding forth. (Paddling furiously in its wake is that of “Hawaii Five-O.”) For the ensuing movie franchise, the tune has been repeatedly stretched and tweaked-or, in the case of the second film, lacerated by Limp Bizkit. ![]() Most of us know the trills and thrills of Lalo Schifrin’s original score, which remains the most exciting theme tune ever composed for TV. ![]() Like the beat, beat, beat of the tomtom, a pounding of the drums tells us that another installment of “ Mission: Impossible” is under way.
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