Product Details

• Directors: Lewis Allen, Richard Benedict, Barry Crane, Marc Daniels, Georg Fenady
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Paramount Domestic Television
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304234007
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,378 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FINE EPISODE FROM SERIES THAT BROKE THE MOLD, August 24, 2001

By	givbatam3 "givbatam3" (REHOVOT Israel) - See all my reviews

Mission: Impossible is the TV series that broke the mold and proved that an exciting show that doesn't insult the intelligence of the audience can still be very popular. During the 1960's when MI first appeared, most action-adventure series contained a large helping of car chases, fist fights and shoot-outs. Although, in the first season's episodes, we still see some elements of these things, by the second season they had pretty much disappeared and the emphasis became on out-thinking the enemy. It even got to the point that if someone had to be "liquidated", the IMF maneuvered the bad guys into doing it themselves (another major motivation for reducing the amount of violence in the show was the climate of disorder in the United States during this period including the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr, widespread opposition to the War in Vietnam plus the rioting in the major urban areas of the US caused by the racial unrest of the time). Another factor in the success of the series is the music which has become legendary that was written or inspired by Lalo Shifrin. Many scenes consisted of Barney connecting up wires or tinkering with some mechanical device and yet, the musical background kept up the tension and prevented the scene from becoming boring. The two-part episode on this tape was written by Paul Playdon who wrote some of the best stories for the series. There are plenty of clever gadgets and escape-proof prisons plus the presence of a hired assassin from a third country whom the IMF is not in control of to keep any MI fan occupied for two hours. The only reason I gave the story only 4 stars instead of 5 was because of the use of masks (someone even wears two masks at one time!) which I find rather implausible, but it is great entertainment in any event. I hope that more episodes will become available for purchase in the future!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars IMF team has to rescue scientist and his wife. Undetected., September 24, 1998

By A Customer

A scientist is held captive. He is to perfect the missile. Only the scientist knows what to do. If he is not to do it. His wife will be executed. Also in sub-plot. A assassin is hired to kill the scientist so he can not finish his work. The IMF team has a gaget that might work. Wil they rescue the scientist in time. END

5.0 out of 5 stars Your mission, should you dicide to accept it: Buy this video!, November 8, 2006

A Kid's Review

This video is THE GREATEST M:I video ever! I may have said that Volume 5 is the best, but this one just BLOWS it away! I especially like the part when Barney flies the hover-jet into the vent to give the doctor a secret message. If anyone tells you that this video shouldn't get a 5 star rating, DEFINITLY ignore them! Buy this video!