This is more of an actual Impossible Missions Force team mission, in so doing making this the first of the movies to truly feel like the real Mission: Impossible of television that became such an enduring pop culture phenom in the first place, with
an extended opening credits sequence to the full - length version of Lalo Schifrin's indelible M: I theme music plays as a back - to - basics mission statement (pun intended) of sorts.