Directed by:
Christopher McQuarrieCinematography:
Fraser TaggartComposer:
Lorne BalfeCast:
Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham (more)VOD (4)
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Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
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From the 4th episode, Mission Impossible is one of the great spy action series, where every new episode is a big action feast, and I was expecting Reckoning to be one of the movies of the year. Even though it's a great show, I thought it was a bit slower compared to Fallout and Rogue Nation, which I think are a level above. Tom Cruise is still in great form and there's one amazing stunt, the craftsmanship is again of a high standard, and the film is definitely a lot of fun, but there are a few little things that slightly detracted from the absolute experience. I don't find the AI theme all that dazzling or interesting, and I'm a little bothered that it will continue into the finale, but I'll probably have to put up with it. Gabriel is a weaker villain than the previous ones the franchise had and doesn't even have much scope, I felt like there were fewer high tech gadgets and there were definitely fewer contact fights (the bathroom fight with Henry Cavill still resonates in my head, no such satisfaction here). The chase in Rome is cool and thanks to Fiat it's very fresh and original (it doesn't have the same feel as the motorbike chase), but the finale on the train is excellent (the scene where Cruise has to change from carriage to carriage is one of the best sequences of the whole series, that was a really cool eye candy moment), so even though I have a few minor reservations, it's still a great blockbuster that's worth seeing in the cinema, but when I compare it to this year's action movies, both John Wick 4 and Extraction 2 were surprisingly more satisfying. 8/10.
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HE’S RUNNING AGAIN, at a nice heroic pace, knees right up (yeah, right Tom, we know you're an eternal youngster, you don't have to keep reassuring us so blatantly). The film itself is a succession of good action sequences, glued onto a stupid skeleton that seems to have fallen out of a spy movie from the 60s, the ones that were so beautifully parodied later. I found the concept of the Entity utterly ridiculous.
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To bursting tension and breath-takingly escalating impossible mission, which may not redefine the whole genre, but the series definitely does. I don't understand how McQuarrie does it that each part is more intense, unpredictable, and despite the many locations and characters, more tightly gripping. Everything we see is familiar from other movies or brands, and yet it never looked or sounded this good. The airport passage felt like something so refined and perfectly tuned in pace, that I was afraid the rest of the movie would only try to get close to it, but thanks to Venice, the motorcycle, and the train, it was the exact opposite. One of the cinema visits where even after five hours, I would want an encore.
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The echo of the 90s, sending postcards about villainous AI through a time machine, sometimes appears to have the upper hand over the audience, but do not be lulled by the admitted stupidity, because the running scout Cruise and McQuarrie send it uncompromisingly into the present. It's not about WHAT, but HOW. Seeing a film that layers action scenes with stunt attractions, as well as plot twists of "good guys vs. bad guys vs. (other) bad guys," is an absolute delight for the audience. If Fallout is an amusement park of action entertainment, Dead Reckoning is the top form of creative concentration. Venice may be an early peak, but the climax of the episode with the trains, when the appreciation of the second part of the game "Uncharted" is realized, ultimately closes it off as the peak of this year's popcorn entertainment and easily parks this part of the film series behind the unattainable Rogue Nation.
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The collaboration of the McQuarrie-Cruise duo is a well-established brand promising a modern take on old-school action in an edgy, thrilling and adrenaline-fuelled setting, and that is absolutely true this time as well. Many things could be praised, but the best way to describe it is that even though we've seen chases through ancient buildings in a small car or action in an out-of-control train countless times, the way it is paced, plotted and delivered here is both breathtaking and riveting in a way that will make you sweat your shirt off from the sheer dodging and clenching of fists. A genre film that defines (though does not redefine) the genre to the core. Too bad about the apparent lack of closure and the bland villain. Hats off and pure enthusiastic curiosity about where they want to take it in the finale.
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