The films don't seem to have the same ethos as the series. In the series the plot was all about being sneaky so the bad guys didn't realise that the IMF had pulled off the mission until after they drove off into the credits. In the films it seems to go throuroughly wrong shortly nto the film and end up all actiony as they try to fix it. To me that makes them Generic-Action-Film (tm) not Mission Impossible. I wish they'd show the series again.