Official
Australian release date: 2/8/18. Viewed: 27/7/18.
Director: Chris
McQuarrie
Actors: Tom
Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg
Genre:
Action
Rating:
M
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ (MI6)
follows on closely from ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’, with the IMF
trying to round up the Syndicate/Apostles. This leads them to chasing some
stolen nuclear bombs – always good when the stakes are high! Most of the gang
are back – Ethan (Cruise), Benji (Pegg), Luther (Rhames), Ilsa (Ferguson),
Julia (Monaghan) & Hunley (Baldwin) – but no Renner, with Lane (Harris)
still the main bad guy controlling the bad guys. Walker (Cavill) is the new guy
– a CIA agent sent to watch over the team after they initially lose the
plutonium.
As always, the highlight is the action –
there’s some exceptional fight scenes here (especially the best bathroom fight
since ‘True Lies’) and some excellent car/motorbike chases. There’s also the
classic M:I masks and possibly a quadruple-cross? I lost count, but it
certainly makes things intriguing.
The stunts are stunning – and very
impressive, given Cruise is now 56 – and kudos to the director for leaving in
the building-jump where Cruise breaks his ankle: it looks great & is so
realistic! The helicopter scenes are exceptional and, as always, there’s plenty
of Cruise running. The scenery – Norway & New Zealand filling in for Kashmir,
plus Paris and London – adds another layer to the action. Six films in 23 years
seems right – not overload, but enough to keep you interested (there’s been eight
Bond films, by comparison). Very enjoyable spy thriller.
Overall: Best one yet?
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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