this is my favorite movie. i keep going back to it over and over again. i know what happens, and yet i always get excited about it. Tom Cruise has lost interest over the years by fans and the overall public, including me, but I can't deny that he is one of our best actors. It's hard not to watch him and not root for him.
Mission: Impossible might be Cruise's best performance....I think...maybe it's just me. Brian De Palma helps his case with great camera angles, especially at the Akvarium where Hunt blows up the aquarium themed restaurant in Prague. Close-up on Cruise-"Kichrich, you've never seen me very upset."
It's hard to pick a best scene in the movie, whether it's Ethan Hunt propelling 30 feet from a heating duct, Hunt at the apartment after the mission gets botched, or just watching Tom Cruise run. If I ever had to choose to watch an actor run, it would be Cruise. Try watching him run. Do it.