Synopsis:

The Quatro Cut is a light handed edit of the generally great Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. About 3 minutes in total are removed completely. In addition the original opening to the film is completely reworked to get the viewer directly into the main story and bypass one of the worst acted sequences in the film.

Intentions:

I really enjoyed this movie the first time I watched it, I was very happy that it was essentially a continuation of the successful trilogy that began 15 years prior and not a typically Hollywood reboot. There just seemed to be a few nagging problems that kept taking me out of the narrative. These problems seemed to boil down to a couple bad casting/ bad storyline choices. I set out to remove these and make this film the best it could be.

Change List:

The first issue I chose to correct was the film's opening sequence set in Budapest. This sequence stars Josh Holloway of LOST fame and Paula Patton. Josh turns in a very made for TV performance in these scenes and it really took me out of the film. This sequence wraps up on an odd sort of secret lovers scene between Josh and Paula that was very made for TV and seemed out of place since we barely know these characters. This sequence has no bearing on the film until after the prison sequence in Moscow so instead of visiting the sequence twice in the first 15 minutes of the film, I have just cut it and replaced it where it falls naturally. The other major scene correction occurs at the party in Mumbai. Here we find Anil Kapoor playing a very made for TV Indian billionaire character. His interaction with Paula Patton has been cut down to the essentials removing primarily the hide-and-go-seek game. Also cut here is the odd romanticism inserted between Cruise's character and Paula's character. We spend most of the movie wondering what happened to Ethan's wife making this feel very out of place. Other than that there are a couple blink and you'll miss it corrections and the number 4 added to the movie's title to remind viewers that this is in fact a continuation not a reboot of the Mission Impossible franchise. I also wrote all the foreign language subtitles and encoded them into the film for easy streaming.

Additional Notes:

I removed several made for TV style scenes and story choices that really took me out of the film the first time I watched it. I also encoded the foreign language subtitles directly into the video for easy streaming over the internet or a media server.

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Special Thanks:

Don Skonecki for creating my cover art.