Director: Chris McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales
Genre: Action / Adventure
Rating: M
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is the 8th
and possibly final film in the franchise. Pretty impressive that Tom Cruise has
been steadily making these for 30 years, without over-saturating the market.
This is a direct sequel to ‘Dead Reckoning’, with Ethan (Cruise) in possession of
the key to stop the malevolent AI called “The Entity”. This means he comes out
of the shadows a bit, and interacts with the US President (Bassett) and General
Sidney (Offerman).
The plot means Ethan has to retrieve something from a sunken
submarine, which is arguably the tensest scene in the film, as well as possibly
the most unbelievable, but is expertly done. We also get to see the team from
the previous film back – long-timers Luther (Rhames), Benji (Pegg), Kittridge (Czerny),
plus returnees Grace (Atwell), Paris (Klementieff) and antagonist Gabriel (Morales).
The best call-back though is Donloe (Saxon) and how he’s important to the
story. As much as it’s all about Ethan, it's always good to see the IMF team in
action.
Similar to the last film, it’s shot around the world –
London, Norway, South Africa. The stunts in the bi-planes flying over the South
African coast are particularly stunning, and amazing to know that Cruise is
literally hanging on those planes himself. While perhaps not as cohesive as ‘Fallout’
or ‘Dead Reckoning’, at 2 hours 45min there’s plenty of action to get through.
Less espionage, and more “convince the armed forces not to blow each other up”,
making sure the stakes are high. Less trademark-Tom-running than usual, but plenty
of fight scenes, bomb diffusions and stunts galore.
Overall: Solid ending if it is, more great action set pieces
Gav’s Rating: 4 stars
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