‘Mission: Impossible’

This 1996 blockbuster has lots going for it: a charismatic star in Tom Cruise (left), Brian De Palma’s sleek, elegant direction and lots of action. Yet at any given moment it is impossible to say with any confidence what’s going on. Proceed in the reasonably safe assumption that good will surely triumph over evil. With Jon Voight (right), Emmanuelle Beart and Kristin Scott-Thomas (HBO Tuesday at 8 p.m.).