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Marginally the best entry in a franchise I never cared about. Some nicely staged action sequences – the Dubai tower scaling and dust storm chase are pretty wicked. I’d like to have been more invested in the characters. Part of the problem might be that Tom Cruise bugs me when he’s in a vanity role like this one (wish he’d do more stuff like Magnolia). The supporting cast, including Jeremy Renner, are decent. Director Brad Bird, in his first live-action project, stages and executes with the same aplomb he demonstrated in The Incredibles and The Iron Giant.