Why it was a good idea (on paper)
Retro 60s fetishism was hot in the 90s. With hip and/or Oscar-grade leads (Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery) alongside zeitgeist-y cameos (Eddie Izzard, Shaun Ryder), director Jeremiah S. Chechik’s reboot of the kinky-booted spy show seemed well-groomed to do a Mission: Impossible.
What went wrong?