Like several of the early episodes of this reboot of "Mission: Impossible", this one is an old episode redone in 1988 and I clearly remember the original episode....an excellent one. It's "The Bank", the fourth episode from the second season.
Dr. Gerstner is a very horrible person. He takes money from desperate people and promises them a trip around wall that separates East and West Germany. However, these folks never make it to freedom and they are either killed or imprisoned instead. The team's job is to sneak into East Germany and rescue a kidnapped girl AND put Gerstner permanently out of work.
Quite simply, the original version of this was a classic. This new version, while interesting, just doesn't match up and I look forward to seeing original episodes, not this sort of thing. It's a bit more complicated than it need be but still is worth seeing...though the ending just isn't as memorable (I miss the tunnel scene).
Dr. Gerstner is a very horrible person. He takes money from desperate people and promises them a trip around wall that separates East and West Germany. However, these folks never make it to freedom and they are either killed or imprisoned instead. The team's job is to sneak into East Germany and rescue a kidnapped girl AND put Gerstner permanently out of work.
Quite simply, the original version of this was a classic. This new version, while interesting, just doesn't match up and I look forward to seeing original episodes, not this sort of thing. It's a bit more complicated than it need be but still is worth seeing...though the ending just isn't as memorable (I miss the tunnel scene).
